Norman Krasna

Norman Krasna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Norman Krasna (November 7, 1909 – November 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director. He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centered on a case of mistaken identity. Krasna also directed three films during a forty-year career in Hollywood. He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations, winning once for 1943's Princess O'Rourke, a film he also directed.

  • Title: Norman Krasna
  • Popularity: 0.3882
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1909-11-07
  • Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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Norman Krasna Movies

  • 1956
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    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    4.3 1956 HD

    While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.

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  • 1958
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    Indiscreet

    Indiscreet

    6.571 1958 HD

    Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.

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  • 1958
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    Indiscreet

    Indiscreet

    6.571 1958 HD

    Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. While talking about this subject with her sister, in walks Philip Adams and she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.

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  • 1952
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    Clash by Night

    Clash by Night

    6.6 1952 HD

    An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.

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  • 1960
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    Let's Make Love

    Let's Make Love

    6.384 1960 HD

    When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

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  • 1935
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    Hands Across the Table

    Hands Across the Table

    6.882 1935 HD

    A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

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  • 1941
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    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    5.998 1941 HD

    Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

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  • 1941
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    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    5.998 1941 HD

    Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

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  • 1943
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    Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

    6.3 1943 HD

    A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

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  • 1943
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    Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

    6.3 1943 HD

    A down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.

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  • 1941
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    It Started with Eve

    It Started with Eve

    7.2 1941 HD

    A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.

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  • 1954
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    White Christmas

    White Christmas

    7.197 1954 HD

    Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

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  • 1939
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    Bachelor Mother

    Bachelor Mother

    7.141 1939 HD

    Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.

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  • 1936
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    Fury

    Fury

    7.4 1936 HD

    Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

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  • 1956
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    Bundle of Joy

    Bundle of Joy

    6.2 1956 HD

    Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' son. After getting fired from her job, she finds an adorable baby on the steps of the foundling home and the folks inside mistake her for the mother. Fisher, well-meaning, but obtuse, tries to help her out with the baby, and the buds of romance begin to appear. Meanwhile old Merlin, the owner of the store, thinks he just might be a grandfather...

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  • 1941
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    The Flame of New Orleans

    The Flame of New Orleans

    6.4 1941 HD

    In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.

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  • 1941
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    The Devil and Miss Jones

    The Devil and Miss Jones

    7.7 1941 HD

    The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

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  • 1963
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    Sunday in New York

    Sunday in New York

    6.716 1963 HD

    An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.

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  • 1963
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    Sunday in New York

    Sunday in New York

    6.716 1963 HD

    An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.

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  • 1938
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    You and Me

    You and Me

    6.5 1938 HD

    Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.

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  • 1956
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    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    4.3 1956 HD

    While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.

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  • 1934
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    The Richest Girl in the World

    The Richest Girl in the World

    5.7 1934 HD

    Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and equally weary of losing eligible beaus who don't want to be considered fortune-hunters. That's why she trades identities with her secretary Sylvia before embarking on her next romance with Tony Travers. This causes numerous complications not only for Dorothy and Tony but for Sylvia, whose own husband Philip is not the most patient of men.

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  • 1940
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    It's a Date

    It's a Date

    5.9 1940 HD

    An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.

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  • 1944
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    Practically Yours

    Practically Yours

    1 1944 HD

    In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.

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  • 1964
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    I'd Rather Be Rich

    I'd Rather Be Rich

    5.8 1964 HD

    An updated remake of It Started With Eve (1941). A young heiress is summoned to the bedside of her dying grandfather. The man's last wish is to meet her fiance, but problems arise when the fiance is delayed and a young chemical engineer is persuaded to take his place. When the grandfather suddenly (and secretly) recovers, he uses the situation to his advantage - playing matchmaker in an attempt to ensure his granddaughter's happiness.

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  • 1950
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    The Big Hangover

    The Big Hangover

    6.1 1950 HD

    A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

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  • 1944
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    Bride by Mistake

    Bride by Mistake

    6.1 1944 HD

    The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.

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  • 1933
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    Parole Girl

    Parole Girl

    5.9 1933 HD

    A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

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  • 1947
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    Dear Ruth

    Dear Ruth

    6.6 1947 HD

    Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to both Ruth and Bill, Ruth's younger sister, Miriam, has been writing the letters and signing Ruth's name as part of a program to keep up soldiers' morale. Although Ruth has just gotten engaged to a coworker, she agrees to see Bill and pretend she wrote the letters.

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  • 1938
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    Three Loves Has Nancy

    Three Loves Has Nancy

    3.8 1938 HD

    A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

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  • 1937
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    The King and the Chorus Girl

    The King and the Chorus Girl

    5.5 1937 HD

    A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.

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  • 1936
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    Wife vs. Secretary

    Wife vs. Secretary

    6.7 1936 HD

    Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.

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  • 1960
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    Who Was That Lady?

    Who Was That Lady?

    6.3 1960 HD

    In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.

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  • 1960
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    Who Was That Lady?

    Who Was That Lady?

    6.3 1960 HD

    In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.

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  • 1949
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    John Loves Mary

    John Loves Mary

    4.2 1949 HD

    After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That he loves her. That he's missed her. And that he's married.

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  • 1934
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    The Countess of Monte Cristo

    The Countess of Monte Cristo

    6 1934 HD

    A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.

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  • 1951
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    Behave Yourself!

    Behave Yourself!

    6 1951 HD

    A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.

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  • 1951
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    Two Tickets to Broadway

    Two Tickets to Broadway

    4.091 1951 HD

    A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.

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  • 1935
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    Romance in Manhattan

    Romance in Manhattan

    7.8 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 cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank in a foster home.

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  • 1956
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    The Ambassador's Daughter

    The Ambassador's Daughter

    4.3 1956 HD

    While on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove to her father that soldiers can be gentlemen, too.

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  • 1937
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.

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  • 1962
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    My Geisha

    My Geisha

    6.7 1962 HD

    Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

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  • 1962
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    My Geisha

    My Geisha

    6.7 1962 HD

    Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

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  • 1933
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    So This Is Africa

    So This Is Africa

    5.333 1933 HD

    Broke lion tamers travel to Africa to make a movie about Amazon women, from a distance.

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  • 1935
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    Four Hours to Kill!

    Four Hours to Kill!

    5 1935 HD

    A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.

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  • 1933
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    Bombshell

    Bombshell

    6.472 1933 HD

    A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

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  • 1950
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    The Big Hangover

    The Big Hangover

    6.1 1950 HD

    A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

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  • 1938
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    The First Hundred Years

    The First Hundred Years

    6 1938 HD

    David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job

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  • 1950
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    The Big Hangover

    The Big Hangover

    6.1 1950 HD

    A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

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  • 1938
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    The First Hundred Years

    The First Hundred Years

    6 1938 HD

    David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job

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  • 1937
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob control and violence between cab companies.

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  • 1937
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    As Good as Married

    As Good as Married

    7 1937 HD

    When a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for tax purposes.

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  • 1932
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    That's My Boy

    That's My Boy

    1 1932 HD

    Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood Speaks

    Hollywood Speaks

    1 1932 HD

    The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist determined to reveal the awful truth about entertainment business.

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood Speaks

    Hollywood Speaks

    1 1932 HD

    The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist determined to reveal the awful truth about entertainment business.

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  • 1933
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    Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

    4.2 1933 HD

    A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

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  • 1960
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    Who Was That Lady?

    Who Was That Lady?

    6.3 1960 HD

    In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.

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  • 1941
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    The Devil and Miss Jones

    The Devil and Miss Jones

    7.7 1941 HD

    The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

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  • 1951
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    The Blue Veil

    The Blue Veil

    6.6 1951 HD

    A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

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  • 1933
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    Parole Girl

    Parole Girl

    5.9 1933 HD

    A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.

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