Roland Young

Roland Young

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English actor. Young made his first stage appearance in London's West End in Find the Woman in 1908, and in 1912 he made his Broadway debut in Hindle Wakes. He appeared in two comedies written for him by Clare Kummer, Good Gracious Annabelle! (1916) and A Successful Calamity (1917) before he served with the United States Army during World War I. He returned to New York when the war ended, and married Kummer's daughter, Frances. For the next few years he alternated between New York and London. He made his film debut in the 1922 silent film Sherlock Holmes, in which he played Watson opposite John Barrymore as Holmes. He signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and made his talkie debut in The Unholy Night (1929), directed by Lionel Barrymore. He was loaned to Warner Bros. to appear in Her Private Life, with Billie Dove and Fox Film Corporation, winning critical approval for his comedic performance as Jeanette MacDonald's husband in Don't Bet on a Woman. He was again paired with MacDonald in the film version of Good Gracious Annabelle!, titled Annabelle's Affairs. He appeared in Cecil B. de Mille's The Squaw Man, and played opposite Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman (both 1931). He appeared with Evelyn Brent in Columbia's The Pagan Lady (1932) and Pola Negri in RKO's A Woman Commands (1932). His final film under his MGM contract was Lovers Courageous (1932), opposite Robert Montgomery. In 1933 he had a starring role in the risqué comedy for Fox Film called Pleasure Cruise along side Genevieve Tobin. Young began to work as a freelance performer and found himself in constant demand. He appeared with Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Maurice Chevalier in One Hour With You (1932) and with Kay Francis in Street of Women (1932). Alexander Korda invited him to return to Britain to make his British film debut in Wedding Rehearsal (1932). He returned to Hollywood and appeared in a diverse group of films that included comedies, murder mysteries, and dramas, and also worked on Broadway. Among his films of this period were Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), David Copperfield (1935) (playing Uriah Heep), and the H.G. Wells fantasy The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936). In 1937, he achieved one of the most important successes of his career in Topper, as a bank president haunted by the ghosts of his clients, played by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett. It was one of the most successful films of the year, and Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Topper's wife was played by Billie Burke, who wrote in her memoir that Young "was dry and always fun to work with". They also appeared together in The Young in Heart (1938), and both of the Topper sequels, Topper Takes a Trip (1938) and Topper Returns (1941). He continued working steadily through the 1940s, playing small roles opposite some of Hollywood's leading actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Paulette Goddard and Greta Garbo in her final film, Two-Faced Woman (1941). In the 1950s, Young appeared on several episodic television series, including Lux Video Theatre, Studio One, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre.

  • Title: Roland Young
  • Popularity: 1.579
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1887-11-10
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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  • 1940
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    The Philadelphia Story

    The Philadelphia Story

    7.6 1940 HD

    When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

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  • 1945
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    And Then There Were None

    And Then There Were None

    7 1945 HD

    Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at...

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  • 1937
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    Topper

    Topper

    6.8 1937 HD

    Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of...

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  • 1948
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    You Gotta Stay Happy

    You Gotta Stay Happy

    6.4 1948 HD

    Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the...

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  • 1942
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    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    6.2 1942 HD

    Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video...

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  • 1935
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    Ruggles of Red Gap

    Ruggles of Red Gap

    7 1935 HD

    In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in...

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  • 1932
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    One Hour with You

    One Hour with You

    6.5 1932 HD

    Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist...

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  • 1941
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    The Flame of New Orleans

    The Flame of New Orleans

    6 1941 HD

    In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.

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  • 1942
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    They All Kissed the Bride

    They All Kissed the Bride

    5.8 1942 HD

    Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book...

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  • 1937
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    King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

    5.3 1937 HD

    White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

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  • 1929
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    The Bishop Murder Case

    The Bishop Murder Case

    5.2 1929 HD

    The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where...

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  • 1938
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    The Young in Heart

    The Young in Heart

    6.5 1938 HD

    A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

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  • 1935
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    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    6.5 1935 HD

    Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.

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  • 1941
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    Topper Returns

    Topper Returns

    6.4 1941 HD

    Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her...

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  • 1936
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    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    5.6 1936 HD

    An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.

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  • 1940
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    Star Dust

    Star Dust

    4.7 1940 HD

    When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

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  • 1932
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    This Is the Night

    This Is the Night

    5.6 1932 HD

    When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife...

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  • 1926
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    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    4 1926 HD

    A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s...

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  • 1938
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    Topper Takes a Trip

    Topper Takes a Trip

    6.4 1938 HD

    Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost...

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  • 1922
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    5.5 1922 HD

    Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed...

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  • 1930
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    Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

    5.8 1930 HD

    A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

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  • 1933
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    A Lady's Profession

    A Lady's Profession

    1 1933 HD

    A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

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  • 1941
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    Two-Faced Woman

    Two-Faced Woman

    6.4 1941 HD

    A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

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  • 1931
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    The Guardsman

    The Guardsman

    5.2 1931 HD

    An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their...

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  • 1942
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    The Lady Has Plans

    The Lady Has Plans

    5.3 1942 HD

    Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in...

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  • 1953
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    That Man from Tangier

    That Man from Tangier

    1 1953 HD

    Mary Ellen travels abroad and ends up marrying a Count while she is intoxicated. The Count disappears and with the aid of her father, George, she...

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  • 1937
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    Ali Baba Goes to Town

    Ali Baba Goes to Town

    6.1 1937 HD

    While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's...

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  • 1932
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    Wedding Rehearsal

    Wedding Rehearsal

    4.6 1932 HD

    The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .

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  • 1940
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    Irene

    Irene

    6 1940 HD

    Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate....

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  • 1950
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    Let's Dance

    Let's Dance

    5.8 1950 HD

    Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and...

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  • 1932
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    Street of Women

    Street of Women

    4.8 1932 HD

    An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect's daughter. The complicated entanglement leads to...

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  • 1929
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    The Unholy Night

    The Unholy Night

    5.4 1929 HD

    When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.

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  • 1937
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    Call It a Day

    Call It a Day

    5 1937 HD

    The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures during one eventful spring day.

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  • 1949
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    The Great Lover

    The Great Lover

    6.8 1949 HD

    The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an...

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  • 1940
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    Dulcy

    Dulcy

    5.8 1940 HD

    A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's...

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  • 1933
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    His Double Life

    His Double Life

    5.9 1933 HD

    Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as...

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  • 1931
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    The Pagan Lady

    The Pagan Lady

    2.5 1931 HD

    Dot starts out as a bartender in Havana when in walks Dingo Mike (Charles Bickford) and orders up a drink that sounds like something you'd consume on...

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  • 1933
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    Blind Adventure

    Blind Adventure

    5.5 1933 HD

    Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they...

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  • 1934
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    Here Is My Heart

    Here Is My Heart

    7 1934 HD

    A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.

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  • 1931
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    The Squaw Man

    The Squaw Man

    5.4 1931 HD

    Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord...

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  • 1936
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    One Rainy Afternoon

    One Rainy Afternoon

    4.6 1936 HD

    Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to...

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  • 1932
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    Lovers Courageous

    Lovers Courageous

    5.8 1932 HD

    A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

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  • 1936
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    Give Me Your Heart

    Give Me Your Heart

    6 1936 HD

    An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.

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  • 1938
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    Sailing Along

    Sailing Along

    7 1938 HD

    A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.

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  • 1940
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    He Married His Wife

    He Married His Wife

    5.1 1940 HD

    Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to...

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  • 1936
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    The Unguarded Hour

    The Unguarded Hour

    6.2 1936 HD

    A blackmailer tries to stop a woman from revealing evidence that could save a condemned man.

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  • 1944
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    Standing Room Only

    Standing Room Only

    5 1944 HD

    During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel...

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  • 1948
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    Bond Street

    Bond Street

    6.8 1948 HD

    Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the...

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  • 1939
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    Yes, My Darling Daughter

    Yes, My Darling Daughter

    4 1939 HD

    Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend...

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  • 1939
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    Here I Am a Stranger

    Here I Am a Stranger

    7 1939 HD

    The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

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  • 1931
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    Don't Bet on Women

    Don't Bet on Women

    4.2 1931 HD

    At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Herbert...

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-5

    1 1932 HD

    Stars Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier and Ken Maynard.

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  • 1933
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    Pleasure Cruise

    Pleasure Cruise

    5.7 1933 HD

    Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a...

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  • 1951
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    St. Benny the Dip

    St. Benny the Dip

    5 1951 HD

    A gang of con artists disguise themselves as clerics in order to pull off a job, but soon find that even pretending to be religious people is having...

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  • 1930
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    New Moon

    New Moon

    4.3 1930 HD

    New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon...

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  • 1929
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    Wise Girls

    Wise Girls

    4.7 1929 HD

    Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical complications that result when she marries in haste.

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  • 1931
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    Annabelle's Affairs

    Annabelle's Affairs

    1 1931 HD

    After only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other truly looks like. Annabelle is given stocks by her...

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  • 1931
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    The Prodigal

    The Prodigal

    3 1931 HD

    An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.

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  • 1932
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    A Woman Commands

    A Woman Commands

    8 1932 HD

    In order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts which threaten his military career. To save Alex's...

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  • 1940
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    No, No, Nanette

    No, No, Nanette

    6 1940 HD

    Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations....

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  • 1943
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    Forever and a Day

    Forever and a Day

    7.2 1943 HD

    In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.9 1994 HD

    Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

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  • 1939
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    The Night of Nights

    The Night of Nights

    1 1939 HD

    A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival...

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  • 1933
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    They Just Had to Get Married

    They Just Had to Get Married

    1 1933 HD

    Molly Hull, a maid, and Sam Sutton, a butler, are bequeathed a million dollars, and they encounter many problems and difficulties as they try to...

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  • 1940
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    Private Affairs

    Private Affairs

    1 1940 HD

    A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.

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  • 1929
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    Her Private Life

    Her Private Life

    1 1929 HD

    A English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young American.

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  • 1924
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    Grit

    Grit

    1 1924 HD

    Two former childhood gang members, "Kid" Hart and Orchid McGonigle, attempt to go straight, despite pressure to continue their lives of lawlessness.

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  • 1936
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    Gypsy

    Gypsy

    1 1936 HD

    Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but...

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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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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 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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  • 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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  • 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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