Vince Barnett
Birthday: 1902-07-04
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vince Barnett (July 4, 1902 – August 10, 1977) was an American film and television actor. He appeared on stage originally. Barnett's initial involvement with Hollywood was as a screenwriter, writing screenplays for the two-reeler movies of the late 1920s. He began appearing in films in 1930, playing hundreds of comedy bits and supporting parts. One of his more sizable screen roles was the moronic, illiterate gangster "secretary" in Scarface (1932). Among his best-regarded early roles, apart from Scarface, were The Big Cage (1933), Thirty Day Princess (1934) and Princess O'Hara (1935). In later years, Barnett played straight character parts, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir (The Killers, 1946) to westerns (Springfield Rifle, 1952). He was a welcome presence in "B" comedies and mysteries: as Runyonesque gangsters in Petticoat Larceny (1943), Little Miss Broadway (1947), and Gas House Kids Go West (1947), and notably as Tom Conway's enthusiastic sidekick in The Falcon's Alibi (1946). After World War II, with the Hollywood studios making fewer films, Barnett became a familiar face on television.
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Scarface
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I Killed That Man
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The Crooked Web
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Charade
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High Wall
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Brute Force
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Seven Sinners
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I'll See You in My Dreams
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The Killers
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The Mask of Dimitrios
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Bowery at Midnight
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The Night Mayor
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before...
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Bowery Bombshell
Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (Dav...
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The Falcon's Alibi
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels....
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Gangs Inc.
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The Phantom Plainsmen
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Carson City
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Don't Bet on Blondes
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Black Fury
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Captive Wild Woman
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Summer School Teachers
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Springfield Rifle
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My Brother Talks to Horses
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Flesh
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The Affairs of Cellini
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Knock on Any Door
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Sunset Murder Case
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Heritage of the Desert
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Now I'll Tell
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Stardust on the Sage
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I Cover Big Town
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Girl on the Run
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Big Town Scandal
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Big Town After Dark
A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests....
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The Brain Busters
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Bank Alarm
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The Rookie
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Wide Open
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Tornado
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Yellow Cargo
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Captain Calamity
A South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure....
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We're in the Legion Now
Two petty gangsters trying to elude their enemies join the French Foreign Legion....
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The 9th Guest
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselv...
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Down to the Sea
Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl...
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The Big Show-Off
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Side Show
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps....
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Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X ...
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Deputy Marshal
A lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad....
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The Singing Cowgirl
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Crimson Romance
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Leave It to the Irish
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Thirty Day Princess
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Kansas City Princess
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Fast Workers
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Exile Express
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The Woman I Love
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Boots of Destiny
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Kentucky Jubilee
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I Cover Chinatown
A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder....
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Petticoat Larceny
An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for...
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Princess O'Hara
When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertent...
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Girls' Town
A West Coast version of "Stage Door", set at a Hollywood boarding house for young women hoping for m...
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
In this campy spy movie spoof Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) has invented an army of bikini-clad robot...
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Danger! Women at Work
Three women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business. Hi jinks ensue....
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X Marks the Spot
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police office...
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The Family Jewels
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The Prizefighter and the Lady
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title....
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Water Rustlers
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Young and Beautiful
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Registered Nurse
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Dancing Feet
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Scandal Sheet
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Overland Mail
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Streamline Express
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Scratch-As-Catch-Can
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On Dangerous Ground
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She Loves Me Not
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Take the Stand
A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets...
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High Powered
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
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Sensation Hunters
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The Virginian
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The Big Mouth
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Heroes of the Saddle
A fast-paced, enjoyable entry in the long-running Three Mesqueteers Western series, Heroes of the Sa...
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A Royal Flush
A maid masquerades as a countess in order to help her lion-hunting mistress....
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Boys of the City
Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house....
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Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his...
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East Side Kids
After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, le...
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Horse Feathers
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his...
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No Leave, No Love
A soldier returns with his pal from fighting in the Pacific during World War II only to discover his...
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The Secret Bride
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can ann...
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The Big Cage
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and ti...
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Jungle Man
An expedition sets out to darkest Africa to find the fabled City of the Dead, and must battle thick ...
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The Lady or the Tiger?
Author Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending of ...
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Gas House Kids Go West
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporat...
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Madame Spy
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigne...
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No Ransom
In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teet...
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Kid Dynamite
The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but j...
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Klondike Fury
In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation. Unfortunately,...
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The Trespasser
Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, s...
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Thunder in the Pines
Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting c...
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Border Treasure
Two cowboys aim to reclaim stolen jewels and money in this 1950 Western....
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The Girl in 419
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a ...
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The Jazz Singer
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects...
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Mule Train
A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the ...
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What the Country Needs
Martha Tilton & Jimmie Dodd performing "What This Country Needs" in this soundie film from the 1...
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Loaded Pistols
A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer....
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Queen of Broadway
There are no queens and very little Broadway (except for an opening establishing shot) in Queen of B...
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Foreign Agent
Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure....
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The Death Kiss
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to ...
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Outlaw Queen
Christina, the daughter of a Greek-immigrant family who does not share their belief that a woman's p...
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Little Miss Broadway
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent ...
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A Dangerous Game
Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an is...
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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number o...
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Mr. District Attorney
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case....
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Thrill of a Romance
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business mee...
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My Favorite Spy
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss...
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Rackety Rax
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game...
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Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various way...
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How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her ...
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Man of the Forest
Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and...
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Gallant Lady
A female doctor is sent to prison for a mercy killing. She manages to escape, get married and lead a...
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Ma's Pride and Joy
This Mack Sennett produced short has Donald Novis playing Danny O'Brien, a young singer whose mother...
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River Gang
An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer....
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States -...
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All Quiet on the Western Front
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to...
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Puddin' Head
On the day that United Broadcasting System's new building is dedicated, bumbling vice-president Haro...
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The Grass Is Always Greener
Oscar nominated short Western film. Ranch-hands get their ideas challenged when a stranger shows up,...
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Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New...
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby ...
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Jungle Woman
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy o...
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The Corpse Vanishes
A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from...
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Baby Face Morgan
When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a so...
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Zebra in the Kitchen
A young boy lets the animals out of their cages at the Zoo, to set them free, but the animals start ...
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Sixpack Annie
A buxom, beer-guzzling and naive country gal travels from her small town to Miami to find a 'sugar d...
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Riffraff
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from hi...
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Crazy Mama
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California be...
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The Headleys at Home
In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that ...
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International Burlesque
“I just tell ’em, I don’t explain ’em,” Red Skelton used to say. But even Freud couldn’t explain Int...
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Hell in the Heavens
During World War I, an American pilot vows to bring down the German ace responsible for his friend's...
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The Spy in the Green Hat
"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the sce...
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The Quiet Gun
A mild mannered sheriff must fight both a hired gun and local anti-Indian bigotry in a small frontie...
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Yankee Doodle Home
Nick and Vince, a song writing team, are fired from their jobs at a publishing house when a foreign ...
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm....
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Made on Broadway
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway pre...
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After the Thin Man
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, an...
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