Erle C. Kenton

Erle C. Kenton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Erle C. Kenton (August 1, 1896 – January 28, 1980) was an American film director. He directed 131 films between 1916 and 1957. He was born in Norborne, Missouri and died in Glendale, California from Parkinson's disease. Kenton and Edward Ludwig were the principal directors of the 1958-1960 CBS television series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley, a "Robin Hood of the West", who drifts through the region helping persons in need.

  • Title: Erle C. Kenton
  • Popularity: 1.117
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1896-08-01
  • Place of Birth: Norborne, Missouri, USA
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  • Also Known As: Earl C. Kenton, Earle C. Kenton, Earle Kenton, Earl Kenton, Erle Kenton
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  • 1936
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    End of the Trail

    End of the Trail

    8 1936 HD

    In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on...

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  • 1917
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    Are Waitresses Safe?

    Are Waitresses Safe?

    5 1917 HD

    Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her...

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  • 1919
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    Hearts and Flowers

    Hearts and Flowers

    5.2 1919 HD

    A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

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  • 1917
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    An International Sneak

    An International Sneak

    1 1917 HD

    A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.

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  • 1932
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    Island of Lost Souls

    Island of Lost Souls

    6.9 1932 HD

    An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated,...

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  • 1932
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    Island of Lost Souls

    Island of Lost Souls

    6.9 1932 HD

    An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated,...

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  • 1942
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    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    The Ghost of Frankenstein

    5.8 1942 HD

    Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan...

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  • 1944
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    House of Frankenstein

    House of Frankenstein

    6 1944 HD

    Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous...

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  • 1945
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    House of Dracula

    House of Dracula

    5.5 1945 HD

    A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his...

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  • 1942
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    Pardon My Sarong

    Pardon My Sarong

    6.5 1942 HD

    A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat...

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  • 1923
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    Inbad the Sailor

    Inbad the Sailor

    1 1923 HD

    Inbad the Sailor is a 1923 comedy short.

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  • 1943
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    Crazy House

    Crazy House

    5 1943 HD

    Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names...

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  • 1942
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    Who Done It?

    Who Done It?

    6.9 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    Grand Exit

    Grand Exit

    6.4 1935 HD

    A Stumped insurance company is forced to re-hire the most expensive, most big-headed, but best arson investigator to solve a string of major losses.

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  • 1943
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    It Ain't Hay

    It Ain't Hay

    6.4 1943 HD

    Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack,...

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  • 1926
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    The Palm Beach Girl

    The Palm Beach Girl

    6 1926 HD

    Emily Bennett, arriving in Palm Beach on a train, puts her head out of the window and her face is smudged black from the locomotive's coal smoke. She...

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  • 1942
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    Frisco Lil

    Frisco Lil

    8 1942 HD

    Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love...

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  • 1924
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    Flickering Youth

    Flickering Youth

    1 1924 HD

    Flickering Youth is a 1924 silent Comedy.

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  • 1934
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    You're Telling Me!

    You're Telling Me!

    6.4 1934 HD

    Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the...

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  • 1935
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    Party Wire

    Party Wire

    8 1935 HD

    When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.

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  • 1937
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    Racketeers in Exile

    Racketeers in Exile

    6 1937 HD

    In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival that inspires the man to...

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  • 1931
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    X Marks the Spot

    X Marks the Spot

    6 1931 HD

    The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will...

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  • 1932
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    Guilty as Hell

    Guilty as Hell

    5.8 1932 HD

    Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the...

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  • 1933
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    From Hell to Heaven

    From Hell to Heaven

    7.2 1933 HD

    The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in...

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  • 1927
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    I'm the Sheriff

    I'm the Sheriff

    4.5 1927 HD

    Eleventh episode, third series, of The Gumps 2-reel series.

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  • 1929
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    Mexicali Rose

    Mexicali Rose

    5.2 1929 HD

    The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of...

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  • 1931
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    Stranger in Town

    Stranger in Town

    3 1931 HD

    Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-store firm to purchase his establishment. The...

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  • 1924
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    Picking Peaches

    Picking Peaches

    4.2 1924 HD

    A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his...

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  • 1935
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    The Public Menace

    The Public Menace

    5 1935 HD

    1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.

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  • 1941
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    They Meet Again

    They Meet Again

    5 1941 HD

    Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.

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  • 1928
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    Bare Knees

    Bare Knees

    4.8 1928 HD

    A young married woman in a small town is visited by her sister, a single "flapper" who causes a scandal in town with her bobbed hair and short...

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  • 1948
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    Bob and Sally

    Bob and Sally

    6 1948 HD

    1948 hygiene/pregnancy roadshow exploiter.

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  • 1945
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    She Gets Her Man

    She Gets Her Man

    3.7 1945 HD

    The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.

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  • 1940
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    Remedy for Riches

    Remedy for Riches

    5.8 1940 HD

    A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.

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  • 1935
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    The Best Man Wins

    The Best Man Wins

    5.8 1935 HD

    A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to...

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  • 1946
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    The Cat Creeps

    The Cat Creeps

    4.8 1946 HD

    A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.

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  • 1943
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    How's About It

    How's About It

    3.5 1943 HD

    A song publisher gets sued for stealing lyrics.

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  • 1928
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    The Sideshow

    The Sideshow

    1 1928 HD

    Melrose's circus is being threatened by his competitor, who's angry that Melrose has outmanuevered him in bookings; what he doesn't know is that the...

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  • 1934
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    Search for Beauty

    Search for Beauty

    5.9 1934 HD

    Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and...

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  • 1933
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    Disgraced!

    Disgraced!

    1 1933 HD

    A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make matters worse, her father kills the cad and she...

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  • 1937
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    She Asked for It

    She Asked for It

    6 1937 HD

    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...

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  • 1920
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    Down on the Farm

    Down on the Farm

    5.5 1920 HD

    The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But...

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  • 1925
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    Red Hot Tires

    Red Hot Tires

    1 1925 HD

    The first time Al Jones sees Elizabeth Lowden, he becomes so distracted that he runs his car into a steamroller. The second time he sees her,...

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  • 1950
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    One Too Many

    One Too Many

    1 1950 HD

    A once-famous concert pianist has had her career ruined by her alcoholism. Her husband and a member of Alcoholics Anonymous try to help her recover.

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  • 1926
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    Other Women's Husbands

    Other Women's Husbands

    1 1926 HD

    When his wife, Kay, goes out of town on a visit, Dick Lambert attends a party arranged by an old college friend, Jack Harding, with whom Kay has...

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  • 1929
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    Father and Son

    Father and Son

    7 1929 HD

    A phonograph recorder provides incriminating evidence in this mystery that centers upon a widower and his 10-year old child who receives it as a...

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  • 1921
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    A Small Town Idol

    A Small Town Idol

    6 1921 HD

    Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local...

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  • 1921
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    Dodge Your Debts

    Dodge Your Debts

    7.5 1921 HD

    A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.

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  • 1936
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    Devil's Squadron

    Devil's Squadron

    6 1936 HD

    In this action film, a courageous test pilot works with experimental aircraft for the US Armed Forces. When an important airplane manufacturer dies,...

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  • 1941
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    Melody for Three

    Melody for Three

    5 1941 HD

    Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's...

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  • 1937
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    Devil's Playground

    Devil's Playground

    6 1937 HD

    A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris....

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  • 1939
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    Everything's on Ice

    Everything's on Ice

    4.8 1939 HD

    Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.

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  • 1939
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    Escape to Paradise

    Escape to Paradise

    4.2 1939 HD

    An American tourist in South America finds love and unexpected trouble.

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  • 1938
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    The Lady Objects

    The Lady Objects

    5.2 1938 HD

    A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get...

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  • 1942
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    North to the Klondike

    North to the Klondike

    6.8 1942 HD

    Based upon the novel by Jack London, two friends in the Klondike aid settlers being terrorized by outlaws.

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  • 1938
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    Little Tough Guys in Society

    Little Tough Guys in Society

    1 1938 HD

    A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.

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  • 1936
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    Counterfeit

    Counterfeit

    6 1936 HD

    A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.

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  • 1936
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    End of the Trail

    End of the Trail

    8 1936 HD

    In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on...

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  • 1946
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    Little Miss Big

    Little Miss Big

    6 1946 HD

    A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters

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  • 1957
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    Fight for the Title

    Fight for the Title

    1 1957 HD

    An champion light-heavyweight boxer batters a young challenger so severely that the youthful pugilist suffers brain damage. Remorseful, the champion...

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  • 1952
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    Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics

    Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics

    1 1952 HD

    Marge, a young flight attendant, is offered the chance to work a chartered flight her boyfriend Bill is piloting. On the trip are four members of a...

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  • 1943
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    Always a Bridesmaid

    Always a Bridesmaid

    1 1943 HD

    The Andrews Sisters harmonize their way through yet another 60-minute Universal musical quickie. The plot this time concerns a Lonely Hearts club...

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  • 1931
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    The Last Parade

    The Last Parade

    1 1931 HD

    During the war two friends love the same nurse. After the war one becomes a detective, the other a racketeer.

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  • 1941
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    Petticoat Politics

    Petticoat Politics

    1 1941 HD

    Pa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both boyfriend to the Higgins girl and the son of Pa's opponent.

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  • 1921
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    She Sighed by the Seaside

    She Sighed by the Seaside

    1 1921 HD

    Lifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and Charles Conklin vie for the affection of Marie...

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  • 1926
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    The Danger Signal

    The Danger Signal

    1 1926 HD

    A recently widowed and destitute young mother (Jane Novak) appeals to her wealthy and heartless father-in-law (Robert Edeson) for financial aid....

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  • 1928
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    Name the Woman

    Name the Woman

    1 1928 HD

    Directed by Erle C. Kenton. With Anita Stewart, Huntley Gordon, Gaston Glass, Chappell Dossett.

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  • 1931
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    Left Over Ladies

    Left Over Ladies

    1 1931 HD

    Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't...

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  • 1929
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    Trial Marriage

    Trial Marriage

    1 1929 HD

    Constance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds happiness with him. She defies his wishes by dancing at a...

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  • 1930
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    A Royal Romance

    A Royal Romance

    1 1930 HD

    A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his servant "Rusty." He discovers the 'hauntee' to be...

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  • 1928
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    Nothing to Wear

    Nothing to Wear

    1 1928 HD

    Directed by Erle C. Kenton. With Jacqueline Logan, Theodore von Eltz, Bryant Washburn, Jane Winton.

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  • 1927
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    The Girl in the Pullman

    The Girl in the Pullman

    1 1927 HD

    Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turning everything upside down. To avoid explanations...

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  • 1925
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    A Fool and His Money

    A Fool and His Money

    1 1925 HD

    John Smart (William Haines), a hack writer, inherits a fortune from a distant relative and buys a castle in Laupheim. He pursues what appears to be a...

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  • 1929
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    Song of Love

    Song of Love

    3 1929 HD

    A mawkish backstage musical.

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  • 1951
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    Why Men Leave Home

    Why Men Leave Home

    5 1951 HD

    A housewife, suspecting her husband of having an affair with a younger woman, enlists the help of a make-up artist to become more attractive to him.

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  • 1941
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    Naval Academy

    Naval Academy

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1944
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    Prices Unlimited

    Prices Unlimited

    1 1944 HD

    Two young women, frustrated by war rationing, have a dream illustrating the likely results on prices in America should the measure were prematurely...

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  • 1928
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    Companionate Marriage

    Companionate Marriage

    1 1928 HD

    Sally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and tribulations and input from others but they demonstrate...

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  • 1928
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    The Sporting Age

    The Sporting Age

    3.5 1928 HD

    Blinded in a train accident James Driscoll (Holmes Herbert), whose wife, Miriam Driscoll (Belle Bennett), has been having an affair with his young...

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  • 1926
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    The Love Toy

    The Love Toy

    1 1926 HD

    The Love Toy is a lost 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Lowell Sherman, Jane Winton, and Willard Louis. The...

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  • 1923
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    Tea- With a Kick!

    Tea- With a Kick!

    1 1923 HD

    The tale of Bonnie Day, a rambunctious young lady who is rankled when she is expelled from college for serving tea in her room. She goes on to open...

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  • 1933
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    Big Executive

    Big Executive

    1 1933 HD

    Big Executive

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  • 1939
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    A Small Town Idol

    A Small Town Idol

    1 1939 HD

    In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a...

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  • 1941
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    Flying Cadets

    Flying Cadets

    3 1941 HD

    Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco,...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The...

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