Dorothy Christy

Dorothy Christy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, May 26, 1906 – died May 21, 1977) was an American actress. Christy acted with Will Rogers, Buster Keaton and the Marx Brothers, and with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the film Sons of the Desert (1933), in the role of Mrs. Laurel. She was Queen Tika of Murania in The Phantom Empire, Gene Autry’s 1935 cliffhanger serial. She concluded her cinema career in 1953. Dorothy Christy died of natural causes five days shy of her seventy-first birthday.

  • Title: Dorothy Christy
  • Popularity: 1.943
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1906-05-26
  • Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Also Known As: Dorothea J. Seltzer, Dorothy Christie
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  • 1930
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    She Got What She Wanted

    She Got What She Wanted

    1 1930 HD

    Mahyna, a dissatisfied Russian peasant girl, marries Boris and comes to New York in search of "the soul of love," only to become a drudge in their...

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  • 1942
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    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    6 1942 HD

    A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to...

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  • 1935
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    I've Been Around

    I've Been Around

    2.5 1935 HD

    Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.

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  • 1931
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    King of the Wild

    King of the Wild

    3.2 1931 HD

    Richard Grant, imprisoned in India for a crime he did not commit, escapes and makes his way to Africa.

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  • 1933
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    Sons of the Desert

    Sons of the Desert

    7 1933 HD

    Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

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  • 1931
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    Convicted

    Convicted

    4.5 1931 HD

    A criminologist investigates the murder of a Broadway producer on an ocean liner.

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  • 1931
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    Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

    Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

    5.4 1931 HD

    Jeffrey Haywood wants to marry to Virginia Embrey. However, Virginia refused to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Angelica gets...

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  • 1944
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    Cowboy and the Senorita

    Cowboy and the Senorita

    5 1944 HD

    Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to buy it. Roy suspects the mine may be valuable and...

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  • 1992
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    Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

    Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

    6.5 1992 HD

    Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.

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  • 1945
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    Fashion Model

    Fashion Model

    3 1945 HD

    When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a lowly stock boy.

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  • 1947
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    Scared to Death

    Scared to Death

    4.2 1947 HD

    A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the...

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  • 1931
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    Big Business Girl

    Big Business Girl

    5.5 1931 HD

    A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.

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  • 1940
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    Men with Steel Faces

    Men with Steel Faces

    5 1940 HD

    Re-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.

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  • 1934
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    6 Day Bike Rider

    6 Day Bike Rider

    5.5 1934 HD

    To get his girl back, that has fallen for a biker, a worker and one of his friends enter a six day race.

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  • 1943
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    Cutie on Duty

    Cutie on Duty

    1 1943 HD

    Leon Errol buys his wife a gift.

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  • 1930
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    Extravagance

    Extravagance

    4 1930 HD

    Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide...

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  • 1935
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    The Phantom Empire

    The Phantom Empire

    5.5 1935 HD

    When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry...

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  • 1931
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    Gold Dust Gertie

    Gold Dust Gertie

    3 1931 HD

    Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.

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  • 1932
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    The Arm of the Law

    The Arm of the Law

    4.5 1932 HD

    A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.

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  • 1931
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    Grief Street

    Grief Street

    4.1 1931 HD

    A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing...

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  • 1930
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    Playboy of Paris

    Playboy of Paris

    7 1930 HD

    Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her....

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  • 1932
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    Slightly Married

    Slightly Married

    5.3 1932 HD

    Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands...

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  • 1931
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    Caught Cheating

    Caught Cheating

    1 1931 HD

    Joe Cabrone vows to kill Sam after believing him to be having an affair with his wife.

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  • 1947
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    The Pilgrim Lady

    The Pilgrim Lady

    5 1947 HD

    Dennis Carter, the head of a detective agency, and his secretary, Henrietta Rankin, get involved in the murder of a scandal-peddling, blackmailing...

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  • 1937
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    Topper

    Topper

    6.75 1937 HD

    Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of...

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  • 1932
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    The Unexpected Father

    The Unexpected Father

    1 1932 HD

    A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's...

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  • 1938
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    Woman Against Woman

    Woman Against Woman

    6.5 1938 HD

    A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.

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  • 1948
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    Fighting Back

    Fighting Back

    6 1948 HD

    An ex-convict, freed to fight in World War II, gets a factory job and is accused when a bracelet is missing.

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  • 1953
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    So Big

    So Big

    5.6 1953 HD

    A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.

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  • 1937
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    You Can't Have Everything

    You Can't Have Everything

    5.7 1937 HD

    Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon...

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  • 1931
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    No, No, Lady

    No, No, Lady

    1 1931 HD

    When the story begins, a couple are rehearsing a play...one that is REALLY hard to believe. In the play, the cheating wife convinces her mousy and...

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  • 1934
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    Million Dollar Ransom

    Million Dollar Ransom

    1 1934 HD

    To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

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  • 1939
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    Rough Riders' Round-up

    Rough Riders' Round-up

    6 1939 HD

    Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost,...

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  • 1934
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    One Exciting Adventure

    One Exciting Adventure

    1 1934 HD

    One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.

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  • 1939
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    East Side of Heaven

    East Side of Heaven

    7.1 1939 HD

    A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.

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  • 1939
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    They Shall Have Music

    They Shall Have Music

    5.9 1939 HD

    The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in...

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  • 1933
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    The Big Squeal

    The Big Squeal

    1 1933 HD

    Andy Wilson (Andy Clyde), a millionaire pig farmer from Kansas, comes to Chicago (unless New York has a stock yard district)looking for his girl...

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  • 1949
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    Caught

    Caught

    6.5 1949 HD

    Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic,...

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  • 1941
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    Sailors on Leave

    Sailors on Leave

    1 1941 HD

    If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.

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  • 1938
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    Submarine Patrol

    Submarine Patrol

    6.6 1938 HD

    A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.

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  • 1929
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    That's My Wife

    That's My Wife

    6.8 1929 HD

    Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out...

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  • 1941
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    Sierra Sue

    Sierra Sue

    1 1941 HD

    To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until...

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  • 1947
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    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    7.4 1947 HD

    Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the...

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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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  • 1931
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    Night Life in Reno

    Night Life in Reno

    4.1 1931 HD

    A story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy...

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  • 1944
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    Laura

    Laura

    7.617 1944 HD

    A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

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  • 1932
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    Devil and the Deep

    Devil and the Deep

    4.8 1932 HD

    Naval commander Charles Storm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive...

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  • 1937
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    Love Is News

    Love Is News

    6 1937 HD

    When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are...

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  • 1940
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    City of Chance

    City of Chance

    5.2 1940 HD

    Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

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  • 1946
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    The Magnificent Rogue

    The Magnificent Rogue

    5 1946 HD

    A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own very successful advertising agency. Comedy.

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  • 1945
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    Flame of Barbary Coast

    Flame of Barbary Coast

    5.6 1945 HD

    Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito...

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  • 1930
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    She Who Gets Slapped

    She Who Gets Slapped

    8 1930 HD

    A meek husband takes lessons on how to take control of his dominating wife.

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  • 1942
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    Sunset on the Desert

    Sunset on the Desert

    5.8 1942 HD

    Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of Roy's father and when Roy reads in the paper that he...

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  • 1936
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    Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

    7 1936 HD

    Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with...

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  • 1931
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    The Devil Plays

    The Devil Plays

    4.5 1931 HD

    A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.

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  • 1937
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    Slave Ship

    Slave Ship

    4.75 1937 HD

    Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.

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  • 1942
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    Get Hep to Love

    Get Hep to Love

    4 1942 HD

    Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

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  • 1945
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    Junior Miss

    Junior Miss

    7.5 1945 HD

    A Manhattan family's Christmas season turns topsy-turvy when 13-year-old Judy Graves mistakenly thinks her newly-arrived visiting uncle has just been...

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  • 1934
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    Love Birds

    Love Birds

    6 1934 HD

    ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the California desert. Their lonely lives become much more...

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  • 1934
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    Bright Eyes

    Bright Eyes

    6.6 1934 HD

    An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for...

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  • 1942
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    Dear! Deer!

    Dear! Deer!

    1 1942 HD

    Errol goes to a convention with his pal, but upon his return tells his wife he was on a deer hunting trip, and then lapses into amnesia.

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  • 1930
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    So This Is London

    So This Is London

    1 1930 HD

    Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man with a profound distaste for everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family. When...

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  • 1943
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    Double Up

    Double Up

    1 1943 HD

    Leon hires a lookalike to take his place at home every night while he goes out partying.

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  • 1943
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    Gem-Jams

    Gem-Jams

    1 1943 HD

    Leon tells his wife that he has to leave to meet a client--unaware that the client is a beautiful woman and that his wife is suspicious.

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  • 1943
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    Radio Runaround

    Radio Runaround

    1 1943 HD

    As Leon is getting ready to go to his job at a radio station, his wife is fuming because Leon has forgotten their wedding anniversary. With the help...

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  • 1946
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    Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

    5.8 1946 HD

    After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an...

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  • 1947
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    The Unfaithful

    The Unfaithful

    6 1947 HD

    Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her...

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  • 1933
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    Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

    6.8 1933 HD

    On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in...

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  • 1949
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    The Fountainhead

    The Fountainhead

    6.8 1949 HD

    An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to...

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  • 1946
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    Little Giant

    Little Giant

    5.3 1946 HD

    Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his...

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  • 1945
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    Black Market Babies

    Black Market Babies

    5 1945 HD

    Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get...

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  • 1938
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    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

    6.288 1938 HD

    The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the...

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  • 1930
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    Big Money

    Big Money

    1 1930 HD

    A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.

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  • 1932
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    Union Depot

    Union Depot

    6.1 1932 HD

    Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend...

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  • 1947
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    The Fabulous Joe

    The Fabulous Joe

    5.8 1947 HD

    Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he...

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  • 1934
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    Servants' Entrance

    Servants' Entrance

    1 1934 HD

    Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda...

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  • 1932
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    The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

    The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

    1 1932 HD

    The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.

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