Oscar O'Shea

Oscar O'Shea

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960), born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953. O'Shea was a comic actor who earned a million dollars but lost it all in the Great Depression. His first straight role came in a Federal Theatre Project production of It Can't Happen Here, a play based on the novel of the same name. His first film was Captains Courageous (1937). Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players repertory theater company in the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. He eventually ended the enterprise "to seek a field where his art would be more widely appreciated." He then set up an operation in Chicago, "where he managed his own theatre and stock company during good and bad years." O'Shea died in Hollywood, California in 1960 at age 78.

  • Title: Oscar O'Shea
  • Popularity: 2.745
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1881-10-07
  • Place of Birth: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
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  • 1942
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    The Postman Didn't Ring

    The Postman Didn't Ring

    1 1942 HD

    Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The letters are finally delivered, profoundly affecting...

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  • 1938
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    Mannequin

    Mannequin

    5.95 1938 HD

    Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left...

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  • 1945
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    Bewitched

    Bewitched

    5.3 1945 HD

    A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.

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  • 1940
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    Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor

    6.5 1940 HD

    Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

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    The Phantom Submarine

    The Phantom Submarine

    6 1940 HD

    On the night before he sails in search of the steamship Arcadia's sunken gold, Paul Sinclair (Bruce Bennett)meets Madeliene Nielson (Anita Louise) in...

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    The Officer and the Lady

    The Officer and the Lady

    6 1941 HD

    A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who is in cahoots with a criminal mastermind.

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  • 1937
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    Rosalie

    Rosalie

    5.5 1937 HD

    West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

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  • 1946
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    Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

    6.3 1946 HD

    Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who...

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  • 1937
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    Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

    7.414 1937 HD

    Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing...

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  • 1947
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    Sport of Kings

    Sport of Kings

    1 1947 HD

    Two brothers from the North try to gain favor in the South after they inherit a horse farm in Kentucky.

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  • 1944
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    Haunted Harbor

    Haunted Harbor

    7 1944 HD

    A sea captain about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit is rescued from the gallows by two of his crewmen. They head for the island of...

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    Invitation to Happiness

    Invitation to Happiness

    1 1939 HD

    An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.

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    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    7.305 1939 HD

    An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob...

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    Racket Busters

    Racket Busters

    5.1 1938 HD

    A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

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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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    The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

    6.5 1941 HD

    In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.

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    The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

    6.6 1938 HD

    A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

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    Pier 13

    Pier 13

    5 1940 HD

    A policeman makes the startling discovery that his girlfriend is involved in a waterfront smuggling racket.

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    Missing Evidence

    Missing Evidence

    1 1939 HD

    G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks...

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    Those High Grey Walls

    Those High Grey Walls

    6.2 1939 HD

    Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping...

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    Stablemates

    Stablemates

    4.5 1938 HD

    A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.

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  • 1939
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    Lucky Night

    Lucky Night

    6.6 1939 HD

    Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The...

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    Wildcat Bus

    Wildcat Bus

    4.6 1940 HD

    A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.

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    International Crime

    International Crime

    5.5 1938 HD

    The second and final Grand National Pictures film to feature The Shadow, played again by Rod La Rocque. In this version, Lamont Cranston is an...

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    Man-Proof

    Man-Proof

    4.8 1938 HD

    A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

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  • 1948
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    One Sunday Afternoon

    One Sunday Afternoon

    6 1948 HD

    The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy...

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  • 1939
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    Undercover Agent

    Undercover Agent

    4.8 1939 HD

    A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

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    Campus Cinderella

    Campus Cinderella

    5.5 1938 HD

    This musical comedy has a popular basketball star playing for a different college than what his father wanted after he falls in love with a co-ed.

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    You Can't Fool Your Wife

    You Can't Fool Your Wife

    4.5 1940 HD

    Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky...

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  • 1939
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    The Star Maker

    The Star Maker

    1 1939 HD

    This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.

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  • 1944
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    Mystery of the Riverboat

    Mystery of the Riverboat

    6 1944 HD

    A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.

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  • 1938
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    King of the Newsboys

    King of the Newsboys

    6 1938 HD

    A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her...

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  • 1943
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    Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets to London

    6 1943 HD

    Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find the real traitors.

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    Numbered Woman

    Numbered Woman

    1 1938 HD

    After her brother is wrongfully arrested for the theft of some bonds, a nurse sets out to clear his name by setting a trap for the real thieves.

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    Rebellious Daughters

    Rebellious Daughters

    5 1938 HD

    Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up with dirty pictures and blackmail.

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

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  • 1940
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    Always a Bride

    Always a Bride

    4.5 1940 HD

    A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.

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    20 Mule Team

    20 Mule Team

    6 1940 HD

    It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will...

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  • 1939
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    Tell No Tales

    Tell No Tales

    5.3 1939 HD

    A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

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  • 1938
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    Youth Takes a Fling

    Youth Takes a Fling

    1 1938 HD

    McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it...

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  • 1937
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    You're Only Young Once

    You're Only Young Once

    5.5 1937 HD

    Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

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    Love Is a Headache

    Love Is a Headache

    5.7 1938 HD

    A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her...

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  • 1938
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    Hold That Kiss

    Hold That Kiss

    6.5 1938 HD

    Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.

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  • 1946
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    Personality Kid

    Personality Kid

    1 1946 HD

    An Army veteran finds his re-entry into civilian life easier through the efforts of his younger brother and a donkey.

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  • 1938
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    Snow Gets in Your Eyes

    Snow Gets in Your Eyes

    6 1938 HD

    A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the...

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  • 1947
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    My Wild Irish Rose

    My Wild Irish Rose

    6 1947 HD

    Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

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  • 1939
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    Love Affair

    Love Affair

    7.042 1939 HD

    A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed...

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  • 1939
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    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

    7.5 1939 HD

    After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie...

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  • 1942
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    Fly By Night

    Fly By Night

    6.4 1942 HD

    Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just...

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  • 1941
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    Harmon of Michigan

    Harmon of Michigan

    1 1941 HD

    A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college...

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  • 1939
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    S.O.S Tidal Wave

    S.O.S Tidal Wave

    5.7 1939 HD

    A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral...

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  • 1942
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    Henry Aldrich, Editor

    Henry Aldrich, Editor

    6 1942 HD

    Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named...

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    I Was Framed

    I Was Framed

    4 1942 HD

    A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.

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  • 1940
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    Susan and God

    Susan and God

    6.5 1940 HD

    A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

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  • 1941
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    Riders of the Purple Sage

    Riders of the Purple Sage

    1 1941 HD

    Lassiter discovers the judge who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of bad guys posing as vigilantes. This 1941 Fox production stars a...

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  • 1941
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    Four Mothers

    Four Mothers

    5.7 1941 HD

    Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

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    Dudes Are Pretty People

    Dudes Are Pretty People

    1 1942 HD

    Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.

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  • 1941
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    Ringside Maisie

    Ringside Maisie

    7 1941 HD

    Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by...

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  • 1945
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    Senorita from the West

    Senorita from the West

    5 1945 HD

    Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio...

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  • 1940
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    Forty Little Mothers

    Forty Little Mothers

    6.2 1940 HD

    An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an...

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  • 1944
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    The Mummy's Ghost

    The Mummy's Ghost

    5.8 1944 HD

    An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning...

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    Blossoms in the Dust

    Blossoms in the Dust

    6.533 1941 HD

    Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats...

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  • 1939
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    Big Town Czar

    Big Town Czar

    1 1939 HD

    When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his...

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    The Main Event

    The Main Event

    1 1938 HD

    FBI agent Mac Richards takes his girlfriend, Helen Phillips, to a world championship boxing match only to learn that the event has been canceled...

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    Half Way to Shanghai

    Half Way to Shanghai

    1 1942 HD

    A murder occurs on a train bound for Shanghai during World War II.

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  • 1939
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    King of the Turf

    King of the Turf

    7 1939 HD

    Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has...

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  • 1944
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    Her Primitive Man

    Her Primitive Man

    6 1944 HD

    An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.

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  • 1938
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    The Canary Comes Across

    The Canary Comes Across

    3.5 1938 HD

    A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and...

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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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  • 1943
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    Corvette K-225

    Corvette K-225

    6.2 1943 HD

    The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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    Border Wolves

    Border Wolves

    1 1938 HD

    Just after Carson's gang murder members of a wagon train, Rusty and Clem come along and are arrested. Knowing they are innocent Judge Coleman breaks...

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  • 1937
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    The Good Old Soak

    The Good Old Soak

    1 1937 HD

    A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

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  • 1939
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    She Married a Cop

    She Married a Cop

    5 1939 HD

    This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation among two producers when he sings at the annual...

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  • 1944
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    South of Dixie

    South of Dixie

    1 1944 HD

    To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing...

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  • 1941
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    Lydia

    Lydia

    6.4 1941 HD

    Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young...

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    Zanzibar

    Zanzibar

    1 1940 HD

    A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.

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    Double Wedding

    Double Wedding

    6.5 1937 HD

    A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.

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  • 1941
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    Sleepers West

    Sleepers West

    6.3 1941 HD

    Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

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    Mutiny in the Arctic

    Mutiny in the Arctic

    1 1941 HD

    A pair head to the frozen wastes with an expedition in search of radium deposits. Certain members of the group succumb to greed, plotting to bump off...

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  • 1942
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    Torpedo Boat

    Torpedo Boat

    6 1942 HD

    Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a lightweight, high-speed torpedo boat (hence the...

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  • 1946
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    The Brute Man

    The Brute Man

    4.5 1946 HD

    A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.

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    The Bashful Bachelor

    The Bashful Bachelor

    4.5 1942 HD

    Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a...

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  • 1944
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    Here Come the Waves

    Here Come the Waves

    5 1944 HD

    Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny...

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