Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. She is best known for her role as Torchy Blane in the Warner Bros. Torchy Blane film series and the Academy Award-nominated films Little Caesar (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), and Lady for a Day (1933). With a career spanning more than 50 years, Farrell appeared in over 100 films and television series, as well as numerous Broadway plays. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960, and won an Emmy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in the television series Ben Casey in 1963.

  • Title: Glenda Farrell
  • Popularity: 4.189
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1904-06-30
  • Place of Birth: Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Glenda Farrell Movies

  • 1970
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    Tiger by the Tail

    Tiger by the Tail

    5.2 1970 HD

    Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.

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  • 1942
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    The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

    7.3 1942 HD

    Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a...

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  • 1933
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    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    6.5 1933 HD

    The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

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  • 1931
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    Little Caesar

    Little Caesar

    6.9 1931 HD

    A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

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  • 1954
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    Secret of the Incas

    Secret of the Incas

    5.7 1954 HD

    Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

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  • 1964
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    The Disorderly Orderly

    The Disorderly Orderly

    6.3 1964 HD

    Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he...

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  • 1941
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    Johnny Eager

    Johnny Eager

    6.1 1941 HD

    A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

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  • 1932
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    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    7.8 1932 HD

    A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when...

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  • 1964
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    Kissin' Cousins

    Kissin' Cousins

    4.7 1964 HD

    An Army officer returns to the Smoky Mountains and tries to convince his kinfolk to allow the Army to build a missile site on their land. Once he...

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  • 1933
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    Lady for a Day

    Lady for a Day

    7.1 1933 HD

    Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New...

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  • 1948
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    I Love Trouble

    I Love Trouble

    6.3 1948 HD

    A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

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  • 1938
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    Hollywood Hotel

    Hollywood Hotel

    5.4 1938 HD

    After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her...

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  • 1935
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    Gold Diggers of 1935

    Gold Diggers of 1935

    6.426 1935 HD

    Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

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  • 1954
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    Susan Slept Here

    Susan Slept Here

    6.1 1954 HD

    On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant...

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  • 1933
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    Gambling Ship

    Gambling Ship

    5.2 1933 HD

    Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new...

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  • 1933
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    Bureau of Missing Persons

    Bureau of Missing Persons

    5.6 1933 HD

    Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...

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  • 1937
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    Breakfast for Two

    Breakfast for Two

    5.9 1937 HD

    After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and...

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  • 1936
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    Gold Diggers of 1937

    Gold Diggers of 1937

    5.8 1936 HD

    The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by...

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  • 1934
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    The Big Shakedown

    The Big Shakedown

    5.6 1934 HD

    Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical...

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  • 1934
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    Merry Wives of Reno

    Merry Wives of Reno

    4.8 1934 HD

    Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.

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  • 1937
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    Smart Blonde

    Smart Blonde

    6.2 1937 HD

    Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

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  • 1935
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    Little Big Shot

    Little Big Shot

    6 1935 HD

    A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.

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  • 1934
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    Dark Hazard

    Dark Hazard

    5.4 1934 HD

    Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame...

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  • 1959
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    Middle of the Night

    Middle of the Night

    7 1959 HD

    Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a...

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  • 1933
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    Man's Castle

    Man's Castle

    7 1933 HD

    Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

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  • 1937
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    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    Sunday Night at the Trocadero

    4.2 1937 HD

    A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more...

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  • 1952
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    Apache War Smoke

    Apache War Smoke

    3 1952 HD

    An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just...

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  • 1932
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    The Match King

    The Match King

    6.6 1932 HD

    Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and...

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  • 1934
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    The Personality Kid

    The Personality Kid

    4.2 1934 HD

    An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.

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  • 1953
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    Girls in the Night

    Girls in the Night

    6.4 1953 HD

    Juvenile delinquents (Joyce Holden, Glenda Farrell, Harvey Lembeck) trap a neighborhood hoodlum in New York.

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  • 1932
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    Life Begins

    Life Begins

    6 1932 HD

    A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and...

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  • 1935
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    We're in the Money

    We're in the Money

    5.5 1935 HD

    Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve...

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  • 1933
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    Grand Slam

    Grand Slam

    3.7 1933 HD

    A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.

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  • 1934
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    The Secret Bride

    The Secret Bride

    6.3 1934 HD

    Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of...

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  • 1938
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    Blondes at Work

    Blondes at Work

    6.1 1938 HD

    When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals...

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  • 1935
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    Miss Pacific Fleet

    Miss Pacific Fleet

    4 1935 HD

    A down-on-her-luck showgirl sets her eyes on the cash prize that comes with winning the title "Miss Pacific Fleet".

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  • 1936
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    High Tension

    High Tension

    5.4 1936 HD

    Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

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  • 1937
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    Dance Charlie Dance

    Dance Charlie Dance

    6 1937 HD

    A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is...

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  • 1937
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    Fly Away Baby

    Fly Away Baby

    6.1 1937 HD

    Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

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  • 1939
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    Torchy Runs for Mayor

    Torchy Runs for Mayor

    5.8 1939 HD

    Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

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  • 1938
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    Torchy Gets Her Man

    Torchy Gets Her Man

    5.9 1938 HD

    A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens...

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  • 1937
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    The Adventurous Blonde

    The Adventurous Blonde

    5.4 1937 HD

    The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his...

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  • 1939
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    Torchy Blane in Chinatown

    Torchy Blane in Chinatown

    6 1939 HD

    Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector...

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  • 1938
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    Stolen Heaven

    Stolen Heaven

    1 1938 HD

    Two attractive jewel thieves, one female (Olympe Bradna), one male (Gene Raymond) escape together after their latest escapade and hide out in the...

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  • 1935
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    Traveling Saleslady

    Traveling Saleslady

    5.9 1935 HD

    A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and...

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  • 1933
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    Girl Missing

    Girl Missing

    5.1 1933 HD

    Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June...

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  • 1933
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    Mary Stevens, M.D.

    Mary Stevens, M.D.

    6 1933 HD

    A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.

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  • 1933
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    The Keyhole

    The Keyhole

    4.9 1933 HD

    A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.

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  • 1936
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    Here Comes Carter

    Here Comes Carter

    5 1936 HD

    A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals

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  • 1947
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    Heading for Heaven

    Heading for Heaven

    5.1 1947 HD

    A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't...

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  • 1943
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    A Night for Crime

    A Night for Crime

    3.9 1943 HD

    A dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a fast-talking girl reporter, doubles as amateur...

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  • 1935
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    Go Into Your Dance

    Go Into Your Dance

    7.5 1935 HD

    An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

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  • 1934
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    Hi, Nellie!

    Hi, Nellie!

    6.5 1934 HD

    Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a...

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  • 1934
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    Kansas City Princess

    Kansas City Princess

    4.5 1934 HD

    Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend...

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  • 1936
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    Snowed Under

    Snowed Under

    7 1936 HD

    Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde...

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  • 1935
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    In Caliente

    In Caliente

    6.3 1935 HD

    At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.

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  • 1933
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    Havana Widows

    Havana Widows

    5.8 1933 HD

    Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.

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  • 1938
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    Prison Break

    Prison Break

    5.1 1938 HD

    Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for...

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  • 1938
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    Exposed

    Exposed

    5 1938 HD

    A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

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  • 1934
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    I've Got Your Number

    I've Got Your Number

    6 1934 HD

    Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.

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  • 1936
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    The Law in Her Hands

    The Law in Her Hands

    5 1936 HD

    A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.

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  • 1937
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    You Live and Learn

    You Live and Learn

    1 1937 HD

    American chorus-girl Mamie Wallace (Farrell) travels to Paris with a ramshackle touring musical revue. The company runs out of money, and it looks as...

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  • 1932
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    Scandal for Sale

    Scandal for Sale

    7 1932 HD

    A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.

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  • 1943
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    City Without Men

    City Without Men

    5 1943 HD

    A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she...

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  • 1961
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    A String of Beads

    A String of Beads

    1 1961 HD

    An ordinary girl's life is radically changed by the mistaken receipt of a $60,000 strand of pearls.

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  • 1934
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    Heat Lightning

    Heat Lightning

    6.8 1934 HD

    A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

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  • 1955
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    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

    6.2 1955 HD

    Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but...

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  • 1938
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    The Road to Reno

    The Road to Reno

    2 1938 HD

    An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.

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  • 1943
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    Klondike Kate

    Klondike Kate

    5.7 1943 HD

    A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.

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  • 1936
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    Nobody's Fool

    Nobody's Fool

    1 1936 HD

    A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.

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  • 1936
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    Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    1 1936 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

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  • 1932
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    Three on a Match

    Three on a Match

    6.2 1932 HD

    Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery...

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  • 1933
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    How to Break 90 #2: Position and Back Swing

    How to Break 90 #2: Position and Back Swing

    1 1933 HD

    Bobby Jones magnanimously demonstrates two specific aspects of a good drive: Position and back swing.

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  • 1948
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    Lulu Belle

    Lulu Belle

    4.6 1948 HD

    Lulu Belle is singing in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi in the early 1900's when she meets rising young attorney George Davis. He gives up his...

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  • 1944
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    Ever Since Venus

    Ever Since Venus

    1 1944 HD

    The American Beauty Association is about to hold its annual trade show in New York City and songwriter "Tiny" Lewis (Billy Gilbert) has just sold a...

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  • 1942
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    Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

    2.7 1942 HD

    Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.

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  • 1938
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    Breakdowns of 1938

    Breakdowns of 1938

    5 1938 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

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  • 1948
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    Mary Lou

    Mary Lou

    1 1948 HD

    Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for...

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  • 1937
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    Breakdowns of 1937

    Breakdowns of 1937

    6 1937 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937.

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  • 1939
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    Breakdowns of 1939

    Breakdowns of 1939

    1 1939 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.

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  • 1935
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    Things You Never See on the Screen

    Things You Never See on the Screen

    5 1935 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.

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  • 1929
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    Lucky Boy

    Lucky Boy

    4.7 1929 HD

    A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his...

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

    Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays...

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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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  • 1964
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    Bewitched

    Bewitched

    7.874 1964 HD

    Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1960
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    The Islanders

    The Islanders

    8 1960 HD

    The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane...

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  • 1966
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    Felony Squad

    Felony Squad

    7 1966 HD

    Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.

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  • 1959
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    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7 1959 HD

    The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

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  • 1963
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    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    7.2 1963 HD

    Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes,...

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  • 1950
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    Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

    5.5 1950 HD

    Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5,...

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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    4.2 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1961
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    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

    Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a...

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  • 1951
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    Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

    6 1951 HD

    Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered...

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  • 1964
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    The Bing Crosby Show

    The Bing Crosby Show

    5 1964 HD

    The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby...

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  • 1961
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    Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

    5.4 1961 HD

    The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the...

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1968
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    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

    The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC,...

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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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    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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    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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