Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theatre actor. Best known for his work in comedies, Coburn received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1943's The More the Merrier. Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scotch-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman (May 11, 1838 Springfield, Ohio – November 12, 1896 Savannah, Georgia) and Moses Douville Coburn (April 27, 1834 Savannah, Georgia – December 27, 1902 Savannah, Georgia). Growing up in Savannah, he started out at age 14 doing odd jobs at the local Savannah Theater, handing out programs, ushering, or being the doorman. By age 17 or 18, he was the theater manager. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. Coburn formed an acting company with actress Ivah Wills in 1905. They married in 1906. In addition to managing the company, the couple performed frequently on Broadway. After his wife's death in 1937, Coburn relocated to Los Angeles, California and began film work. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a retired millionaire playing Cupid in The More the Merrier in 1943. He was also nominated for The Devil and Miss Jones in 1941 and The Green Years in 1946. Other notable film credits include Of Human Hearts (1938), The Lady Eve (1941), Kings Row (1942), The Constant Nymph (1943), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Wilson (1944), Impact (1949), The Paradine Case (1947), Everybody Does It (1950), Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952), Monkey Business (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and John Paul Jones (1959). He usually played comedic parts, but Kings Row and Wilson were dramatic parts, showing his versatility. For his contributions to motion pictures, in 1960, Coburn was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Coburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Charles Coburn
  • Popularity: 4.242
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1877-06-18
  • Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, USA
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  • Also Known As: Charles Douville Coburn
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Charles Coburn Movies

  • 1953
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    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    7.326 1953 HD

    Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who...

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  • 1941
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    The Lady Eve

    The Lady Eve

    7.2 1941 HD

    It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean...

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  • 1947
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    Lured

    Lured

    6.3 1947 HD

    Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached...

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  • 1952
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    Monkey Business

    Monkey Business

    6.7 1952 HD

    Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and...

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  • 1947
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    The Paradine Case

    The Paradine Case

    6.2 1947 HD

    Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer...

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  • 1944
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    Together Again

    Together Again

    5.4 1944 HD

    Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on...

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  • 1949
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    Impact

    Impact

    6.1 1949 HD

    After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

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  • 1939
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    In Name Only

    In Name Only

    7 1939 HD

    A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

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  • 1943
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    Princess O'Rourke

    Princess O'Rourke

    6.4 1943 HD

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

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  • 1938
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    Vivacious Lady

    Vivacious Lady

    6.8 1938 HD

    College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.

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  • 1942
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    George Washington Slept Here

    George Washington Slept Here

    6.2 1942 HD

    New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in...

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  • 1953
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    Trouble Along the Way

    Trouble Along the Way

    6 1953 HD

    Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at...

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  • 1940
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    Three Faces West

    Three Faces West

    5.5 1940 HD

    Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl...

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  • 1939
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    Bachelor Mother

    Bachelor Mother

    7.053 1939 HD

    Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct,...

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  • 1957
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    The Story of Mankind

    The Story of Mankind

    4.476 1957 HD

    The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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  • 1949
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    The Gal Who Took the West

    The Gal Who Took the West

    5.6 1949 HD

    In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.

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  • 1954
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    The Long Wait

    The Long Wait

    5.8 1954 HD

    Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding...

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  • 1945
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    Rhapsody in Blue

    Rhapsody in Blue

    6.4 1945 HD

    Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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  • 1942
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    In This Our Life

    In This Our Life

    6.745 1942 HD

    An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

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  • 1941
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    The Devil and Miss Jones

    The Devil and Miss Jones

    7.8 1941 HD

    The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department...

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  • 1940
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    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    6.7 1940 HD

    In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...

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  • 1939
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    Idiot's Delight

    Idiot's Delight

    5.7 1939 HD

    A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

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  • 1939
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    Made for Each Other

    Made for Each Other

    6.2 1939 HD

    A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

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  • 1939
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    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    6.033 1939 HD

    Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice....

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  • 1943
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    Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

    6.9 1943 HD

    Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of...

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  • 1948
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    Green Grass of Wyoming

    Green Grass of Wyoming

    6.6 1948 HD

    The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.

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  • 1943
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    The More the Merrier

    The More the Merrier

    6.9 1943 HD

    It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment....

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  • 1960
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    Pepe

    Pepe

    6.076 1960 HD

    Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss....

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  • 1942
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    Kings Row

    Kings Row

    7.2 1942 HD

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

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  • 1952
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    Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

    Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

    6.7 1952 HD

    When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.

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  • 1959
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    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    6.136 1959 HD

    The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

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  • 1948
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    B.F.'s Daughter

    B.F.'s Daughter

    6.3 1948 HD

    Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.

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  • 1944
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    Wilson

    Wilson

    5.5 1944 HD

    The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey,...

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  • 1935
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    The People's Enemy

    The People's Enemy

    6 1935 HD

    Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became...

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  • 1943
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    The Constant Nymph

    The Constant Nymph

    5.8 1943 HD

    The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his...

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  • 1945
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    A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

    6.9 1945 HD

    Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

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  • 1941
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    Our Wife

    Our Wife

    5.7 1941 HD

    A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

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  • 1941
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    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    6.8 1941 HD

    A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young...

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  • 1945
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    Over 21

    Over 21

    4.7 1945 HD

    A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

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  • 1949
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    The Doctor and the Girl

    The Doctor and the Girl

    6 1949 HD

    Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a...

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  • 1939
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    Stanley and Livingstone

    Stanley and Livingstone

    6.3 1939 HD

    When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to...

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  • 1946
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    The Green Years

    The Green Years

    6.385 1946 HD

    An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather...

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  • 1957
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    Town on Trial

    Town on Trial

    6.7 1957 HD

    When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort...

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  • 1938
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    Lord Jeff

    Lord Jeff

    7.1 1938 HD

    Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a...

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  • 1950
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    Mr. Music

    Mr. Music

    4 1950 HD

    A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary...

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  • 1938
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    Of Human Hearts

    Of Human Hearts

    5.8 1938 HD

    This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who...

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  • 1945
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    Shady Lady

    Shady Lady

    5.8 1945 HD

    A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.

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  • 1957
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    How to Murder a Rich Uncle

    How to Murder a Rich Uncle

    6.7 1957 HD

    A broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way.

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  • 1955
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    How To Be Very, Very Popular

    How To Be Very, Very Popular

    4.7 1955 HD

    Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert...

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  • 1954
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    The Rocket Man

    The Rocket Man

    6.3 1954 HD

    After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady doings of local government, and plays a part in a...

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  • 1938
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    Yellow Jack

    Yellow Jack

    5.6 1938 HD

    A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the...

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  • 1944
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    The Impatient Years

    The Impatient Years

    6.3 1944 HD

    Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William...

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  • 1951
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    The Highwayman

    The Highwayman

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Power and the Prize

    The Power and the Prize

    5.5 1956 HD

    An ambitious executive jeopardizes his career to marry a European refugee.

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  • 1941
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    Unexpected Uncle

    Unexpected Uncle

    6.5 1941 HD

    An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.

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  • 1986
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    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

    7.6 1986 HD

    Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love...

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  • 1940
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    Florian

    Florian

    1 1940 HD

    Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

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  • 1959
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    A Stranger in My Arms

    A Stranger in My Arms

    2.3 1959 HD

    An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.

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  • 1944
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    Knickerbocker Holiday

    Knickerbocker Holiday

    5 1944 HD

    The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In...

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  • 1949
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    Everybody Does It

    Everybody Does It

    7.8 1949 HD

    Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again...

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  • 1940
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    Road to Singapore

    Road to Singapore

    6.5 1940 HD

    Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore - until they meet Dorothy Lamour...

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  • 1959
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    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

    6 1959 HD

    In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in...

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  • 1997
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    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

    7 1997 HD

    Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned...

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  • 1949
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    Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    4 1949 HD

    At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.

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  • 1943
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    My Kingdom for a Cook

    My Kingdom for a Cook

    1 1943 HD

    While visiting Massachusetts, a famous English author (Charles Coburn) faces the wrath of a socialite (Isobel Elsom) after stealing her chef.

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  • 1956
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    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    6.641 1956 HD

    Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a...

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  • 1950
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    Peggy

    Peggy

    4.7 1950 HD

    Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. Their new neighbor Mrs. Fielding helps them move...

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  • 1950
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    Louisa

    Louisa

    6.1 1950 HD

    Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically...

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  • 1940
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    The Captain Is a Lady

    The Captain Is a Lady

    6 1940 HD

    Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only...

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  • 1946
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    Colonel Effingham's Raid

    Colonel Effingham's Raid

    5.7 1946 HD

    The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there...

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  • 1963
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    Marilyn

    Marilyn

    6 1963 HD

    This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox...

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  • 1985
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    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    5.364 1985 HD

    Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

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  • 1976
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    It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

    7 1976 HD

    A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

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  • 1942
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    Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    6 1942 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

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  • 1954
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    December Bride

    December Bride

    5.5 1954 HD

    December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series...

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 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...

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.375 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1954
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    Studio 57

    Studio 57

    1 1954 HD

    Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and...

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  • 1954
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    The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

    6 1954 HD

    The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1956
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    The Rosemary Clooney Show

    The Rosemary Clooney Show

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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