Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American screen and television actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931) in a role later recreated by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1951 re-titled remake A Place in the Sun. She also had a prominent role in the classic 1943 Val Lewton psychological horror film I Walked With a Zombie. Dee was the wife of Hollywood star Joel McCrea.

  • Title: Frances Dee
  • Popularity: 0.2517
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1909-11-26
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: Frances Marion Dee, Frances Dee McCrea, Jean Dee
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Frances Dee Movies

  • 1933
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

    4.5 1933 HD

    A promotional film featuring movie stars at play. Includes Buster Keaton in a Napoleonic admiral suit in his "land yacht", a custom-built bus he occasionally lived in during the period.

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  • 1941
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    A Man Betrayed

    A Man Betrayed

    5.4 1941 HD

    A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.

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  • 1943
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    I Walked with a Zombie

    I Walked with a Zombie

    6.8 1943 HD

    A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

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  • 1933
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    Blood Money

    Blood Money

    7 1933 HD

    The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, crosses paths with every kind of offender there is, from first-time defendants to career criminals.

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  • 1937
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    Souls at Sea

    Souls at Sea

    6.3 1937 HD

    Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

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  • 1935
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    Becky Sharp

    Becky Sharp

    5.609 1935 HD

    In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor.

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  • 1934
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    Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

    6.485 1934 HD

    A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

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  • 1948
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    Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

    5.6 1948 HD

    Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?

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  • 1933
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    Little Women

    Little Women

    6.8 1933 HD

    Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations, joy, and kindness from their wealthy neighbor and his high-spirited grandson.

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  • 1935
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    The Gay Deception

    The Gay Deception

    6.4 1935 HD

    A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.

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  • 1951
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    Payment on Demand

    Payment on Demand

    6.022 1951 HD

    David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.

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  • 1931
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    An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy

    6.1 1931 HD

    A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.

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  • 1932
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    Love Is a Racket

    Love Is a Racket

    5.333 1932 HD

    A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

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  • 1942
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    Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Stewarts

    4.3 1942 HD

    A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

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  • 1933
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    The Crime of the Century

    The Crime of the Century

    6.3 1933 HD

    Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.

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  • 1932
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    If I Had a Million

    If I Had a Million

    6.578 1932 HD

    An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

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  • 1953
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    Mister Scoutmaster

    Mister Scoutmaster

    6.5 1953 HD

    Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Scout leader in an effort to "get in touch." Overnight hikes and other adventures follow, all centered around one small boy who takes a liking to the old curmudgeon.

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  • 1954
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    Gypsy Colt

    Gypsy Colt

    6.3 1954 HD

    In this trans-species remake of Lassie, Come Home, a faithful horse undertakes a perilous journey to return to the family it loves.

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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 brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.

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  • 1939
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    Coast Guard

    Coast Guard

    5 1939 HD

    Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.

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  • 1937
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    Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

    5.2 1937 HD

    In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

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  • 1947
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    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    6.13 1947 HD

    A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.

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  • 1932
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    The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    6 1932 HD

    A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal...

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  • 1933
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    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    6.2 1933 HD

    A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

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  • 1945
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    Patrick the Great

    Patrick the Great

    4 1945 HD

    A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.

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  • 1934
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    Finishing School

    Finishing School

    5.971 1934 HD

    Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.

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  • 1941
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    So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our Night

    6.2 1941 HD

    An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.

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  • 1952
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    Because of You

    Because of You

    5.7 1952 HD

    A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.

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  • 1933
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    One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

    6.545 1933 HD

    Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.

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  • 1931
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    Working Girls

    Working Girls

    6.8 1931 HD

    Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.

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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. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.

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  • 2003
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    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    6.7 2003 HD

    Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.

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  • 1933
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    The Silver Cord

    The Silver Cord

    7.1 1933 HD

    A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.

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  • 1932
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    The Night of June 13

    The Night of June 13

    7 1932 HD

    Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie. John explains to Trudie Elna's condition and plan. Trudie, being good-hearted tells John that she'll move. One evening, John returns late from work to discover Elna dead. John burns Elna's suicide note to protect Trudie. This results in John being charged for murder and put on trial.

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  • 1936
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    Half Angel

    Half Angel

    6 1936 HD

    Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.

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  • 1930
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    Follow Thru

    Follow Thru

    7.4 1930 HD

    Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack Martin, show up. Lora takes him on as her golf teacher to work on her putt. She falls for him, but so do several other women. Meanwhile Angie Howard, Lora's friend, chases after Jack. A lot of silliness ensues.

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  • 1934
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    Keep 'Em Rolling

    Keep 'Em Rolling

    6 1934 HD

    World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.

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  • 1932
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    This Reckless Age

    This Reckless Age

    5 1932 HD

    Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous. His parents would like him to get involved with Mary Burke, a prim and proper young lady. More complications ensue because Bradley's sister Lois is attracted to the flapper lifestyle, but she isn't sure whether she can handle its emotional demands.

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  • 1930
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    True to the Navy

    True to the Navy

    7 1930 HD

    Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets her eyes on Bull's Eye McCoy a gunner who refuses to settle down.

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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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  • 1931
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    Caught

    Caught

    6 1931 HD

    Calamity Jane is a tough and rowdy woman in the old West who owns a saloon and gambling joint (and runs a cattle rustling operation as a sideline). One day she hires a pretty but naive young woman to work as a saloon girl, and finds that the girl is bringing out the maternal instincts she never knew she had. Those instincts are put to the test when a US army cavalry troop arrives to clean up the town and the girl and the young lieutenant in charge of the troop fall in love, and Calamity Jane may know something about the lieutenant that the girl doesn't.

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  • 1941
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    1 1941 HD

    Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.

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  • 1930
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    Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

    6.526 1930 HD

    A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

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  • 1931
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    Rich Man's Folly

    Rich Man's Folly

    4.5 1931 HD

    The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

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  • 1988
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    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    8 1988 HD

    This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

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  • 1951
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    Reunion in Reno

    Reunion in Reno

    6 1951 HD

    A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences.

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  • 1931
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    June Moon

    June Moon

    1 1931 HD

    An ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.

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  • 1934
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    Coming Out Party

    Coming Out Party

    5 1934 HD

    In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her debut. Her social adviser fills the debutante’s dance card with partners, which inflames the violinist.

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  • 1930
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    A Man from Wyoming

    A Man from Wyoming

    9 1930 HD

    A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World War I. There he saves the life of an American society girl working in the Ambulance Corps. Afterwards at a rest camp, they meet again, fall in love, and are secretly married.

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  • 1929
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    Words and Music

    Words and Music

    1 1929 HD

    Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.

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  • 1930
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    Along Came Youth

    Along Came Youth

    7 1930 HD

    Broke and stranded in England, American sportsman Larry Brooks and his pal Ambrose take on increasingly odd jobs to remain in proximity to the aristocratic lady that Larry would woo.

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  • 1931
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    Nice Women

    Nice Women

    1 1931 HD

    A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6.7 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6.3 1950 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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  • 1952
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.7 1952 HD

    Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

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