Claud Allister

Claud Allister

Claud Allister (3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor. After his education at Felsted, in Essex, he appeared in 74 films between 1929 and 1955. He was born William Claud Michael Palmer in London, England and died in Santa Barbara, California. His interment was located in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He began his career as a stockbroker's clerk but gave it up and made his stage debut in 1910. He toured England playing minor parts till the war started. He served in WWI and in 1924 went to America to act on the stage. In 1929 he made his film debut where he featured in The Trial of Mary Dugan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claud Allister, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

  • Title: Claud Allister
  • Popularity: 5.953
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1888-08-02
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Claude Allister, William Claud Michael Palmer
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Claud Allister Movies

  • 1941
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    The Reluctant Dragon

    The Reluctant Dragon

    6.631 1941 HD

    Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be...

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Robert Benchley

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  • 1930
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    Reaching for the Moon

    Reaching for the Moon

    5.8 1930 HD

    Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Douglas Fairbanks

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  • 1933
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    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    6.4 1933 HD

    Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Charles Laughton

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  • 1938
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    Arrest Bulldog Drummond

    Arrest Bulldog Drummond

    6.7 1938 HD

    The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.

    Genre: Action

    Cast: John Howard

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  • 1931
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    On the Loose

    On the Loose

    6.8 1931 HD

    Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Zasu Pitts

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  • 1929
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    Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

    6.316 1929 HD

    Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Ronald Colman

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  • 1930
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    Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

    6.294 1930 HD

    A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Buchanan

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  • 1937
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    Bulldog Drummond at Bay

    Bulldog Drummond at Bay

    6.1 1937 HD

    Drummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.

    Genre: Action

    Cast: John Lodge

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  • 1934
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    The Return of Bulldog Drummond

    The Return of Bulldog Drummond

    6.094 1934 HD

    Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Ralph Richardson

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  • 1949
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    The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

    6.695 1949 HD

    This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr. Toad, whose passion becomes a problem when...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Basil Rathbone

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  • 1937
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    Danger – Love at Work

    Danger – Love at Work

    8 1937 HD

    A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ann Sothern

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  • 1931
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    I Like Your Nerve

    I Like Your Nerve

    5.7 1931 HD

    Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a playboy smitten with the stepdaughter of a corrupt...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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  • 1934
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    Those Were the Days

    Those Were the Days

    7.5 1934 HD

    A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Will Hay

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  • 1936
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    Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

    5 1936 HD

    Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Richard Arlen

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  • 1929
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    Charming Sinners

    Charming Sinners

    1 1929 HD

    Charming Sinners was a stilted adaptation of Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife. Robert Miles (Clive Brook) starts the ball rolling when he...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ruth Chatterton

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  • 1936
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    Lady Luck

    Lady Luck

    5 1936 HD

    New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Patricia Farr

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  • 1931
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    Captain Applejack

    Captain Applejack

    6 1931 HD

    An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.

    Genre:

    Cast: Mary Brian

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  • 1938
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    Men Are Such Fools

    Men Are Such Fools

    5.6 1938 HD

    Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Wayne Morris

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  • 1930
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    The Florodora Girl

    The Florodora Girl

    6.25 1930 HD

    A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Marion Davies

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  • 1949
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    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad

    6.435 1949 HD

    The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Bing Crosby

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  • 1935
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    The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

    6.1 1935 HD

    Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Fredric March

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  • 1940
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    Lillian Russell

    Lillian Russell

    6.1 1940 HD

    Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Alice Faye

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  • 1931
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    Meet the Wife

    Meet the Wife

    1 1931 HD

    Gertrude Lennox, a dominating woman who controls every aspect of her household, is preparing a reception for famous novelist Philip Lord, who is to...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Claud Allister

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  • 1945
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    Kiss the Bride Goodbye

    Kiss the Bride Goodbye

    5.1 1945 HD

    Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Patricia Medina

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  • 1935
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    Every Night at Eight

    Every Night at Eight

    7.5 1935 HD

    Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: George Raft

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  • 1938
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    Blond Cheat

    Blond Cheat

    6 1938 HD

    Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan during a closing time to a man for a pair of...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joan Fontaine

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  • 1931
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    Platinum Blonde

    Platinum Blonde

    6.7 1931 HD

    Anne Schuyler is an upper-crust socialite who bullies her reporter husband into conforming to her highfalutin ways. The husband chafes at the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jean Harlow

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  • 1932
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    The Midshipmaid

    The Midshipmaid

    1 1932 HD

    Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jessie Matthews

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  • 1934
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    The Lady Is Willing

    The Lady Is Willing

    6 1934 HD

    In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Leslie Howard

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  • 1936
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    Dracula's Daughter

    Dracula's Daughter

    5.9 1936 HD

    A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gloria Holden

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  • 1941
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    Confirm or Deny

    Confirm or Deny

    3.8 1941 HD

    Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Don Ameche

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  • 1937
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    The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

    7.2 1937 HD

    Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Irene Dunne

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  • 1931
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    The Sea Ghost

    The Sea Ghost

    5 1931 HD

    A crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea captain to help him. Re-released in 1939 as "Phantom...

    Genre: War

    Cast: Laura La Plante

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  • 1940
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    Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    6.9 1940 HD

    Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Greer Garson

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  • 1933
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    The Medicine Man

    The Medicine Man

    1 1933 HD

    A young man impersonates a doctor.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Claud Allister

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  • 1937
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    Let's Make a Night of It

    Let's Make a Night of It

    1 1937 HD

    Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.

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    Cast: Charles "Buddy" Rogers

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  • 1938
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    Storm Over Bengal

    Storm Over Bengal

    5 1938 HD

    This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Patric Knowles

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  • 1939
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    Captain Fury

    Captain Fury

    5.5 1939 HD

    An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Brian Aherne

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  • 1944
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    The Hundred Pound Window

    The Hundred Pound Window

    1 1944 HD

    An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Anne Crawford

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  • 1930
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    Slightly Scarlet

    Slightly Scarlet

    5 1930 HD

    Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Evelyn Brent

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  • 1932
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    Diamond Cut Diamond

    Diamond Cut Diamond

    1 1932 HD

    One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Adolphe Menjou

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  • 1932
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    The Return of Raffles

    The Return of Raffles

    1 1932 HD

    A British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: George Barraud

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  • 1932
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    Two White Arms

    Two White Arms

    1 1932 HD

    A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Adolphe Menjou

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  • 1937
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    Oh, What a Knight!

    Oh, What a Knight!

    1 1937 HD

    A barber is mistaken for a rich society woman's new servant.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Herman Bing

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  • 1954
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    The Black Shield of Falworth

    The Black Shield of Falworth

    6.259 1954 HD

    In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really...

    Genre: History

    Cast: Tony Curtis

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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: W. Somerset Maugham

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  • 1946
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    Gaiety George

    Gaiety George

    5.5 1946 HD

    The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Richard Greene

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  • 1934
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    The Private Life of Don Juan

    The Private Life of Don Juan

    6.2 1934 HD

    What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five...

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Douglas Fairbanks

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  • 1952
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    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    4.6 1952 HD

    American adventurer Jeff Williams is fleeing the communist advance in China when he becomes entangled with a young Chinese orphan, Wei Lin, and a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ronald Reagan

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  • 1933
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    Sleeping Car

    Sleeping Car

    4 1933 HD

    A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they get married. What he doesn't know is that she...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Madeleine Carroll

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  • 1930
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    The Czar of Broadway

    The Czar of Broadway

    1 1930 HD

    Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most popular nightclub but also much of the press; however,...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Wray

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  • 2004
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    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

    Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

    8.8 2004 HD

    Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Pinto Colvig

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  • 1930
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    Such Men Are Dangerous

    Such Men Are Dangerous

    4.333 1930 HD

    A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that spurned him on their wedding night.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Warner Baxter

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  • 1941
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    Charley's Aunt

    Charley's Aunt

    5.6 1941 HD

    In 1890, two students at Oxford force their rascally friend and fellow student to pose as an aunt from Brazil--where the nuts come from.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Benny

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  • 1945
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    Don Chicago

    Don Chicago

    4 1945 HD

    Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jackie Hunter

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  • 1953
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    Kiss Me Kate

    Kiss Me Kate

    6.5 1953 HD

    A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Kathryn Grayson

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  • 1932
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    The Unexpected Father

    The Unexpected Father

    1 1932 HD

    A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Slim Summerville

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  • 1933
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    Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage

    1 1933 HD

    'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Frank Pettingell

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  • 1941
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    A Yank in the R.A.F.

    A Yank in the R.A.F.

    5.5 1941 HD

    An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

    Genre: War

    Cast: Tyrone Power

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  • 1938
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    Kentucky Moonshine

    Kentucky Moonshine

    5.3 1938 HD

    The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Harry Ritz

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  • 1948
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    The First Gentleman

    The First Gentleman

    6 1948 HD

    The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.

    Genre: History

    Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont

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  • 1955
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    Meet the Governor

    Meet the Governor

    1 1955 HD

    A backwoods lawyer's race for the governor's office is thwarted by mainstream opponents who dig up dirt from his past.

    Genre:

    Cast: Herb Shriner

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  • 1930
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    In the Next Room

    In the Next Room

    1 1930 HD

    The story starts with a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his wife's lover. The setting then moves to 1929, just as an...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Jack Mulhall

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