Harry Davenport

Harry Davenport

Birthday: 1866-01-19

Place of Birth: Canton, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography: Harold George Bryant Davenport was an American film and stage actor who worked in show business from the age of six until his death. After a long and prolific Broadway career, he came to Hollywood in the 1930s, where he often played grandfathers, judges, doctors, and ministers.

Movies

Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis

A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 19...

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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof...

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Jack London
Jack London

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916)....

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Reckless Living
Reckless Living

This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut...

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Earl of Puddlestone
Earl of Puddlestone

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decide...

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Man-Proof
Man-Proof

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he...

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The Covered Trailer
The Covered Trailer

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to ...

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You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K...

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Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it...

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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartme...

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The Thin Man Goes Home
The Thin Man Goes Home

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation....

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That Forsyte Woman
That Forsyte Woman

Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who r...

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Little Women
Little Women

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War....

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The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unex...

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Kismet
Kismet

Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to ...

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That Uncertain Feeling
That Uncertain Feeling

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband....

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All This, and Heaven Too
All This, and Heaven Too

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Du...

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The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris

Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try ...

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Courage of Lassie
Courage of Lassie

Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopte...

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Adventure
Adventure

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian....

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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country....

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Sport of Kings
Sport of Kings

Two brothers from the North try to gain favor in the South after they inherit a horse farm in Kentuc...

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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying ...

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They Won't Forget
They Won't Forget

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration D...

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Larceny, Inc.
Larceny, Inc.

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can d...

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That Lady in Ermine
That Lady in Ermine

Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hun...

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Government Girl
Government Girl

An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort....

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One Foot in Heaven
One Foot in Heaven

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another....

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A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

During World War II, a young boy and girl, living with their respective families in an apartment hou...

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Damon and Pythias
Damon and Pythias

The friendship of Damon, the senator, and Pythias, the soldier, is famous in Ancient Syracuse....

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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph...

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December 7th
December 7th

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering ...

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Gangway for Tomorrow
Gangway for Tomorrow

Five defense workers on their way to the munitions factory tell their stories: a refugee from the Fr...

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She Wouldn't Say Yes
She Wouldn't Say Yes

Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her prac...

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First Lady
First Lady

A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President....

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Riding High
Riding High

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the b...

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Three Daring Daughters
Three Daring Daughters

Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband....

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The Perfect Specimen
The Perfect Specimen

Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wic...

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The Man from Texas
The Man from Texas

James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and th...

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Down to the Sea in Ships
Down to the Sea in Ships

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and ...

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The Impatient Years
The Impatient Years

Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to di...

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Saleslady
Saleslady

A young heiress moves away from home, takes a job in a Chicago department store and weds a co-worker...

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The Enchanted Forest
The Enchanted Forest

Pastoral fantasy about a hermit who prefers the serene company of the woods and its denizens to the ...

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The Fabulous Texan
The Fabulous Texan

A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an ...

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Pardon My Past
Pardon My Past

Eddie York is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble....

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Music for Millions
Music for Millions

Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José...

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This Love of Ours
This Love of Ours

At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Tar...

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Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Ten Gentlemen from West Point

This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy ...

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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio....

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I Want a Divorce
I Want a Divorce

Comedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake....

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The Unknown Quantity
The Unknown Quantity

Mary Boyne, who made shirts at four dollars a week, had no place for love in her life - only despair...

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King of Hockey
King of Hockey

Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game....

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Claudia and David
Claudia and David

The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles...

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Paradise Express
Paradise Express

A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gan...

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Fit for a King
Fit for a King

Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attem...

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That Hagen Girl
That Hagen Girl

Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has bee...

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Lady Luck
Lady Luck

A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way s...

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Keeper of the Bees
Keeper of the Bees

Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine...

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Foreign Correspondent
Foreign Correspondent

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i...

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His Woman
His Woman

Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missiona...

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My Sin
My Sin

A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her of...

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Gold Is Where You Find It
Gold Is Where You Find It

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a ...

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Exile Express
Exile Express

When her scientist-employer is murdered, a female legal immigrant suddenly finds herself being depor...

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The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out ...

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Young Fugitives
Young Fugitives

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000....

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The First Hundred Years
The First Hundred Years

David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a...

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Kings Row
Kings Row

Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin the...

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For the Love of Mary
For the Love of Mary

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics....

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Armored Car
Armored Car

Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. Whe...

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The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Bride Came C.O.D.

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter an...

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Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil...

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Tail Spin
Tail Spin

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, ...

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Ben...

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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

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Faithful in My Fashion
Faithful in My Fashion

A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, i...

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The Decision of Christopher Blake
The Decision of Christopher Blake

A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Pe...

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Radio Patrol
Radio Patrol

About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting...

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The Case of the Black Cat
The Case of the Black Cat

Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wil...

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Granny Get Your Gun
Granny Get Your Gun

An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges....

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The Long Shot
The Long Shot

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thorough...

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Made for Each Other
Made for Each Other

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship....

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Juarez
Juarez

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment f...

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Her Husband's Secretary
Her Husband's Secretary

A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary....

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Hurricane Smith
Hurricane Smith

Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a ne...

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Should Husbands Work?
Should Husbands Work?

Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Famil...

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The Scoundrel
The Scoundrel

A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit fo...

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G.I. War Brides
G.I. War Brides

Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join th...

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The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing t...

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Fly Away Baby
Fly Away Baby

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight....

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Princess O'Rourke
Princess O'Rourke

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

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The Sisters
The Sisters

Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marr...

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White Bondage
White Bondage

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated....

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The Higgins Family
The Higgins Family

Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentr...

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Money To Burn
Money To Burn

In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contes...

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My Wife's Relatives
My Wife's Relatives

It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordere...

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Grandpa Goes To Town
Grandpa Goes To Town

Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discover...

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Too Young to Know
Too Young to Know

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son....

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Shantytown
Shantytown

Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"...

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Lucky Partners
Lucky Partners

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results....

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Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands

Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for ju...

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The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair...

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Stallion Road
Stallion Road

A veterinarian and a novelist compete for the heart of a lady rancher....

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Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools

An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men....

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Under Cover of Night
Under Cover of Night

A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's researc...

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A Boy and His Dog
A Boy and His Dog

11 year old Davy discovers that a chained gentle dog, Buck, is badly wounded around the neck because...

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Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who ...

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Headin' for God's Country
Headin' for God's Country

In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totall...

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We've Never Been Licked
We've Never Been Licked

Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly ...

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Death of a Champion
Death of a Champion

Oliver Quade is a pitchman who follows state fairs that feature dog shows---which limits his territo...

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Tell It to the Judge
Tell It to the Judge

Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opp...

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No More West
No More West

Bert Lahr is a big city boy hung up on tales of the Old West. When his playing cowboys and Indians c...

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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, ...

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As Good as Married
As Good as Married

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

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Get That Venus
Get That Venus

A fast-talking philanderer and sometime reporter gets caught up in an octogenarian antiquarian's sch...

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I Wanted Wings
I Wanted Wings

Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army ...

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The Wheel of the Law
The Wheel of the Law

Broadway star Mona Mainard retires from the stage for marriage to rising attorney John Norton and wa...

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C.O.D.
C.O.D.

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The Campus Mystery
The Campus Mystery

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Father and the Boys
Father and the Boys

Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons, Billy and Tom, to learn the business and marry E...

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Her Unborn Child
Her Unborn Child

'While youthful, innocent love blossoms between bashful Stew Kennedy and Elizabeth Gilbert, Dorothy ...

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The Planter
The Planter

The Planter is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and John Ince....

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Sowers and Reapers
Sowers and Reapers

Sowers and Reapers is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George D. Baker....

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A Girl at Bay
A Girl at Bay

After Mary Allen drops a blood-stained knife, Judge Robert Craigin's dead body lies next to her. Mar...

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