John Litel
Birthday: 1892-12-30
Place of Birth: Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Biography: John Litel was an American stage, screen, and television actor. From 1919 to 1936 he performed in several plays on Broadway. In 1929 he began appearing in films and was in over 200 movies throughout his career. Litel often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops and district attorneys. He appeared in many television series. John Litel's acting career concluded in 1967.
Movies
Pocketful of Miracles
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady...
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Houseboat
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children....
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction....
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Santa Fe Trail
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, G...
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Jezebel
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who car...
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The Return of Doctor X
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to c...
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Triple Threat
An arrogant college football player turns professional, taking his bad attitude with him....
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Finders Keepers
This Vitaphone one-reel short, written by the author of "Show-Off", George Kelly...
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Nevada Smith
Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by thr...
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Nancy Drew... Reporter
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a...
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Pitfall
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned...
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Castle on the Hudson
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden....
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Dust Be My Destiny
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a ...
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Sealed Lips
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For o...
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A Slight Case of Murder
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law...
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The Guilty
Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead....
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Invisible Agent
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany....
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Double Jeopardy
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackm...
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The Madonna's Secret
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows t...
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Black Legion
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining ...
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Flight to Mars
Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly....
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The Sundowners
Brother is pitted against brother in this tale of fueding ranchers in the old west....
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Woman in Hiding
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in...
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Brewster's Millions
Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns tha...
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Knute Rockne All American
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne....
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The Sons of Katie Elder
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and disc...
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It All Came True
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow hi...
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They Drive by Night
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b...
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They Died with Their Boots On
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death...
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Decision at Sundown
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the forme...
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I, Jane Doe
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but l...
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San Antonio
Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of...
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the mur...
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Nancy Drew… Detective
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, N...
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by bo...
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming o...
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Dodge City
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a r...
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Kid Glove Killer
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by ...
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inm...
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The Boss of Big Town
Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a ...
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A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try a...
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Sister Kenny
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences gr...
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Two Dollar Bettor
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a dow...
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Crime Doctor
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to bec...
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The Crime Doctor's Warning
A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders....
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The Beginning or the End
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hirosh...
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Rusty Leads the Way
Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, ...
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Rusty Saves a Life
Rusty, portrayed by a very busy canine thespian named Flame, does exactly what the film's title says...
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The Fuller Brush Girl
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation....
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Christmas Eve
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administe...
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Murder in the Air
Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo...
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Submarine Base
Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangs...
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen ...
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Men of Texas
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in ...
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Montana Belle
Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who fall...
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Heaven Only Knows
Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-...
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Sitting Bull
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with vi...
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Old Glory
Porky Pig balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and g...
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Flight Angels
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a docto...
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Mary Ryan, Detective
A female police detective enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity ...
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Murder in Times Square
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom....
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The Gun Hawk
When his town-drunk father is killed by the Sully brothers, gunfighter Blaine Madden exacts his reve...
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Cass Timberlane
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby i...
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The Crimson Canary
When a conniving female singer turns up dead, with the evidence pointing to the band’s drummer, jazz...
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So Proudly We Hail
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a...
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients a...
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Over the Wall
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfr...
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Smooth as Silk
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree....
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The Big Boss
Two brothers are separated after the death of their father. One grows up to be a politician, while t...
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Father Is A Prince
Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaner...
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Murder in the Blue Room
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-consider...
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The Great Mr. Nobody
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit....
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Men Without Souls
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of reveng...
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Night in Paradise
Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold....
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The Wild Dakotas
When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River ...
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Texas Lady
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to ...
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Father's Son
A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father....
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Secret Service of the Air
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercove...
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Missing Witnesses
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City....
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Take Care of My Little Girl
A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and...
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Outpost in Morocco
Captain Gerard, greatest lover in the Foreign Legion, is assigned to escort an emir's daughter to he...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...
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Gambling on the High Seas
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justic...
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Valley of the Giants
A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive e...
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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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Midnight Court
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car ...
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On Dress Parade
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a mil...
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On Trial
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wi...
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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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Where Are Your Children?
Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plant...
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Jack Slade
A young boy witnesses his father murdered by bandits and grows into adulthood vowing revenge....
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Fugitive in the Sky
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline host...
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Rusty's Birthday
A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master in the final film of the Rusty series....
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Money and the Woman
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him....
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Alcatraz Island
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove...
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Love, Honor and Behave
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself...
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter'...
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The Mystery of Marie Roget
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress....
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Comet Over Broadway
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition....
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Northwest Trail
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an ille...
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Lover Come Back
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike e...
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Oh Darling!
At a small hotel, Judith Barrett and Norman Peck are eloping; John Litel and Addie MacPhail are quar...
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The Texas Rangers
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio...
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Jet Job
Joe Kovak is a test pilot for military-aircraft designer Sam Bentley, who thinks of Joe as a son. A ...
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A Child Is Born
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward....
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Shamrock Hill
A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to s...
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Comanche
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabota...
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Little Egypt
A belly dancer causes a scandal with her suggestive dancing at a Worlds Fair exhibition at the turn ...
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Back in Circulation
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival paper...
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Scaramouche
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder....
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The Fighting 69th
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the ...
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Little Miss Thoroughbred
A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father....
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Virginia City
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in ...
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Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysittin...
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Teenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star. The ...
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Henry Aldrich Swings It
Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal for...
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Henry Aldrich for President
Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president....
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Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house....
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Henry and Dizzy
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the repla...
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Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves t...
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Wings of the Navy
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on...
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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarr...
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Runaway Daughters
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with...
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March On, Marines
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at ...
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Faces in the Fog
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and...
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Don't Believe It
Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the st...
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense ...
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For the Common Defense!
This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the ...
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My Buddy
A priest relates the tale of his friend, a WWI veteran, to the Post-War Planning Committee. Unable t...
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Don Winslow of the Navy
A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, nea...
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Key Largo
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. Th...
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An Angel from Texas
A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show....
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Henry Aldrich, Editor
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of myster...
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Cuban Fireball
Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself...
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Slim
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade...
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Salome, Where She Danced
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she...
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Wayward
Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Fa...
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The Groom Wore Spurs
Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Cast...
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Broadway Musketeers
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a youn...
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Madame Spy
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister who travels by his si...
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Give Me Liberty
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence....
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The Declaration of Independence
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the d...
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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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Swell Guy
Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true nature u...
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On the Border
A Mexico/United States border patrol officer is aided by his police dog, Rinty....
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Thieves Fall Out
Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's l...
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The Gal Who Took the West
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between tw...
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The Daltons Ride Again
The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave,...
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Always Faithful
The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their romantic affair....
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The Valiant Hombre
The Cisco Kid and Pancho set off to find the missing owner of a devoted little dog in this western a...
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She Wrote the Book
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to ...
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Breakdowns of 1938
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938....
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Soldiers in White
A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too hap...
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The Man Without a Country
This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his...
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Mississippi Gambler
A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, wh...
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Marked Woman
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangste...
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The Bill of Rights
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American ...
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March On, America!
The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americ...
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The Return of Rusty
A young Czechoslovak orphan, Loddy Bicek, befriended by an American army sergeant, is brought into t...
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The Sleeping Porch
The doctor prescribes fresh air for a man with a bad cold. His wife is determined to comply with the...
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Okay for Sound
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition...
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One Hour To Live
Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes....
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Rendezvous in Space
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of...
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