Florence Bates

Florence Bates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florence Bates (born Florence Rabe, April 15, 1888 – January 31, 1954) was an American film and stage character actress who often played grande dame characters in supporting roles. Her path to becoming an actress had many turns. She had a degree in Mathematics, taught school until married, then became the first Texas female lawyer. Then she became a bilingual radio commentator. After her husband lost her fortune, she and her husband opened a bakery in Los Angeles. In the mid-1930s, Bates auditioned for and won the role of Miss Bates in a Pasadena Playhouse adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma. When she decided to continue working with the theatre group, she changed her professional name to that of the first character she played on stage. In 1939, she was introduced to Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in her first major screen role, the vain dowager Mrs. Van Hopper, in Rebecca (1940). Bates appeared in more than sixty films over the course of the next thirteen years. Among her cinema credits are Kitty Foyle, Love Crazy, The Moon and Sixpence, Mr. Lucky, Heaven Can Wait, Lullaby of Broadway, Mister Big, Since You Went Away, Kismet, Saratoga Trunk, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Winter Meeting, I Remember Mama, Portrait of Jennie, A Letter to Three Wives, On the Town, and Les Misérables. In television, Bates had a regular role on The Hank McCune Show and made guest appearances on I Love Lucy, My Little Margie, I Married Joan and Our Miss Brooks.

  • Title: Florence Bates
  • Popularity: 4.121
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1888-04-13
  • Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
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  • Also Known As: Florence Rabe
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Florence Bates Movies

  • 1940
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    Rebecca

    Rebecca

    7.9 1940 HD

    Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died...

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  • 1947
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    The Brasher Doubloon

    The Brasher Doubloon

    5.9 1947 HD

    Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection....

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  • 1941
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    Love Crazy

    Love Crazy

    7.1 1941 HD

    Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

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  • 1950
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    Belle of Old Mexico

    Belle of Old Mexico

    1 1950 HD

    Wealthy Kip Artmitage III (Robert Rockwell) honors his late wartime friend's request to look after the friend's "little sister."

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  • 1953
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    Main Street to Broadway

    Main Street to Broadway

    6.5 1953 HD

    In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for...

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  • 1951
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    The Tall Target

    The Tall Target

    6.9 1951 HD

    A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.

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  • 1944
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    Tahiti Nights

    Tahiti Nights

    1 1944 HD

    Islanders make arrangements for an American bandleader to marry a princess.

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  • 1947
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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    6.8 1947 HD

    Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream...

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  • 1944
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    The Mask of Dimitrios

    The Mask of Dimitrios

    7 1944 HD

    A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul....

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  • 1951
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    Lullaby of Broadway

    Lullaby of Broadway

    5.8 1951 HD

    Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a...

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  • 1948
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    I Remember Mama

    I Remember Mama

    7 1948 HD

    Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who...

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    Winter Meeting

    Winter Meeting

    6.5 1948 HD

    A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.

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  • 1944
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    Kismet

    Kismet

    5 1944 HD

    Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the...

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  • 1945
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    Tonight and Every Night

    Tonight and Every Night

    5.2 1945 HD

    An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.

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  • 1941
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    The Devil and Miss Jones

    The Devil and Miss Jones

    7.7 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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  • 1950
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    The Second Woman

    The Second Woman

    5.5 1950 HD

    In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his...

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  • 1946
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    The Diary of a Chambermaid

    The Diary of a Chambermaid

    6.2 1946 HD

    Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr....

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  • 1944
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    Belle of the Yukon

    Belle of the Yukon

    4.7 1944 HD

    Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall.

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  • 1949
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    A Letter to Three Wives

    A Letter to Three Wives

    7.2 1949 HD

    A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands - but she...

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  • 1943
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    Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

    6.9 1943 HD

    A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

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  • 1945
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    San Antonio

    San Antonio

    5.7 1945 HD

    Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is...

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  • 1940
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    The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

    6.2 1940 HD

    Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons...

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  • 1941
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    Strange Alibi

    Strange Alibi

    6.6 1941 HD

    An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.

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  • 1946
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    Cluny Brown

    Cluny Brown

    7.1 1946 HD

    Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate.

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  • 1942
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    The Moon and Sixpence

    The Moon and Sixpence

    6.1 1942 HD

    Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family,...

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  • 1946
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    Whistle Stop

    Whistle Stop

    4.5 1946 HD

    When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery...

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  • 1941
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    The Chocolate Soldier

    The Chocolate Soldier

    6.6 1941 HD

    Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman...

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  • 1948
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    River Lady

    River Lady

    5 1948 HD

    In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver....

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  • 1952
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    Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

    5.4 1952 HD

    In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both...

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  • 1942
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    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    5.5 1942 HD

    After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming...

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  • 1941
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    Road Show

    Road Show

    5.8 1941 HD

    Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an...

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  • 1948
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    The Inside Story

    The Inside Story

    6.5 1948 HD

    A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a...

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  • 1943
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    Slightly Dangerous

    Slightly Dangerous

    5.8 1943 HD

    Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.

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  • 1942
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    We Were Dancing

    We Were Dancing

    4.2 1942 HD

    A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American...

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  • 1943
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    Mister Big

    Mister Big

    2.2 1943 HD

    Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.

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  • 1942
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    Mexican Spitfire at Sea

    Mexican Spitfire at Sea

    3 1942 HD

    An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the "Mexican Spitfire"...

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  • 1953
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    Paris Model

    Paris Model

    3 1953 HD

    A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.

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  • 1946
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    Claudia and David

    Claudia and David

    6 1946 HD

    The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small...

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  • 1948
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    Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

    Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

    6 1948 HD

    Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and...

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  • 1945
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    Out of This World

    Out of This World

    7.3 1945 HD

    An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.

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  • 1947
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    The Judge Steps Out

    The Judge Steps Out

    7 1947 HD

    A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

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  • 1940
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    Calling All Husbands

    Calling All Husbands

    6 1940 HD

    A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexpectedly turns up.

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  • 1948
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    My Dear Secretary

    My Dear Secretary

    5.9 1948 HD

    A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon...

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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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  • 1949
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    The Girl from Jones Beach

    The Girl from Jones Beach

    5.4 1949 HD

    Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that...

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  • 1952
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    The San Francisco Story

    The San Francisco Story

    4.8 1952 HD

    After five years of being away, Rick Nelson (Joel McCrea) returns to San Francisco to find it filled with corruption - and crooked politicians. It...

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  • 1942
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    My Heart Belongs to Daddy

    My Heart Belongs to Daddy

    5.8 1942 HD

    A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.

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  • 1943
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    They Got Me Covered

    They Got Me Covered

    5.9 1943 HD

    Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is...

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  • 1940
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    Kitty Foyle

    Kitty Foyle

    6.5 1940 HD

    A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

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  • 1945
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    Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Trunk

    5.6 1945 HD

    An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has...

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  • 1946
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    The Time, The Place and The Girl

    The Time, The Place and The Girl

    5.4 1946 HD

    The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is determined to close down the noisy nightclub next...

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  • 1949
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    On the Town

    On the Town

    7 1949 HD

    Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

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  • 1947
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    Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

    5.5 1947 HD

    A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the verge of leaving New York and quitting the music...

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  • 1943
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    His Butler's Sister

    His Butler's Sister

    7.1 1943 HD

    Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.

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  • 1950
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    County Fair

    County Fair

    1 1950 HD

    "Ma" Ryan, who runs a burger stand at the county fair, asks daughter Loretta to put a bet on a horse that Loretta's boyfriend Tommy is riding....

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  • 1948
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    Portrait of Jennie

    Portrait of Jennie

    7 1948 HD

    A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

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  • 1951
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    Father Takes the Air

    Father Takes the Air

    5 1951 HD

    In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of reliving their WWI flying careers, leading to an...

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  • 1951
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    Havana Rose

    Havana Rose

    1 1951 HD

    Ambassador Rico DeMarco is in Washington trying to raise a five-million dollar loan for his country, Lower Salamia. Filbert Filmore and his...

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  • 1952
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    5.7 1952 HD

    Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1951
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    I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

    8 1951 HD

    Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

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  • 1950
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    Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy

    6 1950 HD

    Dick Tracy is an American TV series based on the detective comic strip Dick Tracy. The show aired on ABC from September 11, 1950 to April 7, 1951.

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