Walter Kingsford
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Walter Kingsford (born Walter Pearce, 20 September 1882 – 7 February 1958) was a British stage, film and television actor. Kingsford began his acting career on the London stage. He also had a long Broadway career, appearing in plays from the 1912 original American production of George Bernard Shaw's Fanny's First Play to 1944's Song of Norway.
In the early 1920s, Kingford was active with the Henry Jewett Players.
Kingsford moved to Hollywood, California, for a prolific film career in supporting parts. On screen, he specialised in portraying authority figures such as noblemen, heads of state, doctors, police inspectors and lawyers. He is best known for his recurring role as the snobbish hospital head Dr. P. Walter Carew in the popular Dr. Kildare (and Dr. Gillespie) film series.
Kingsford had numerous television appearances in the 1950s. They included TV Reader's Digest, Command Performance and Science Fiction Theatre.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.488 |
Birthday | 1882-09-20 |
Place of Birth | Redhill, Surrey, England, UK |
Also Known As | Walter Pearce, |
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
6.4/5
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.
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Calling Dr. Gillespie
1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy
6.9/51
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfathe...
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
1938
Algiers
6.4/34
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers....
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Algiers
1949
Slattery's Hurricane
5.6/8
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story...
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Slattery's Hurricane
1936
The Invisible Ray
6.3/53
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has al...
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The Invisible Ray
1948
The Velvet Touch
6.1/27
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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The Velvet Touch
1950
Experiment Alcatraz
6.5/3
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
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Experiment Alcatraz
1938
Carefree
6.6/59
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunders...
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Carefree
1941
The Devil and Miss Jones
7.7/55
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 Store...
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The Devil and Miss Jones
1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
7.1/24
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Arta...
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1938
The Young in Heart
6.5/22
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
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The Young in Heart
1937
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
5.9/17
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a...
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
Captains Courageous
7.4/154
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vesse...
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Captains Courageous
1942
Fingers at the Window
5.4/13
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Fingers at the Window
1943
Mr. Lucky
6.9/36
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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Mr. Lucky
1941
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
5.8/4
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to...
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1951
Two Dollar Bettor
5.4/8
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
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Two Dollar Bettor
1953
Loose in London
5.1/4
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
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Loose in London
1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
6.5/7
A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1958
Merry Andrew
6/5
When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancien...
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Merry Andrew
1937
Double or Nothing
6.6/5
A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without...
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Double or Nothing
1952
Confidence Girl
5.4/8
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her gr...
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Confidence Girl
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.8/7
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
6/6
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
Unholy Partners
7/4
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
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Unholy Partners
1943
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
5.5/4
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which...
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1942
My Favorite Blonde
6.4/20
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded...
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My Favorite Blonde
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
6/5
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1938
A Yank at Oxford
6.7/10
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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A Yank at Oxford
1938
If I Were King
6.8/9
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash...
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If I Were King
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
0/0
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showbo...
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The Music Goes 'Round
1938
The Lone Wolf in Paris
6/3
Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.
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The Lone Wolf in Paris
1941
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
7/3
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941
Hit the Road
0/0
Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.
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Hit the Road
1937
Behind the Criminal
1/1
Episode 13 of the Crime Does Not Play series from MGM.
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Behind the Criminal
1935
Shanghai
7/1
A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret.
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Shanghai
1943
Flight for Freedom
5.2/6
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles to New York record and attracts the interest of th...
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Flight for Freedom
1944
3 Men in White
6/11
Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it's another diagnosis competi...
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3 Men in White
1935
Professional Soldier
4.5/2
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to k...
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Professional Soldier
1936
Meet Nero Wolfe
6.5/4
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwo...
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Meet Nero Wolfe
1936
Hearts Divided
5/2
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
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Hearts Divided
1937
Stolen Holiday
6.6/6
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.
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Stolen Holiday
1939
The Witness Vanishes
6.7/3
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insan...
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The Witness Vanishes
1935
The White Cockatoo
5.3/7
In a spooky hotel on the coast of France, two bands of crooks are working independently of the other in an attempt to steal the inherited fortune of a...
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The White Cockatoo
1952
The Brigand
5.5/6
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by...
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The Brigand
1952
The Pathfinder
4/3
Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who...
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The Pathfinder
1945
Between Two Women
5.9/4
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
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Between Two Women
1953
Walking My Baby Back Home
9/1
A young man from a wealthy New York family pursues a career as the leader of a dance band.
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Walking My Baby Back Home
1939
Miracles for Sale
6.4/16
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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Miracles for Sale
1938
Paradise for Three
6.8/4
A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
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Paradise for Three
1938
The Toy Wife
4.8/6
A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.
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The Toy Wife
1940
Kitty Foyle
6.5/42
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
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Kitty Foyle
1938
There's Always a Woman
5.8/13
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give...
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There's Always a Woman
1936
Speed
5.8/8
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane...
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Speed
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
6.1/5
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
1938
Say It in French
0/0
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismay...
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Say It in French
1937
The Devil Is Driving
0/0
In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly melodr...
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The Devil Is Driving
1932
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
4.333/3
A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.
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The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1938
Young Dr. Kildare
6.5/8
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his k...
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Young Dr. Kildare
1934
The President Vanishes
7/3
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...
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The President Vanishes
1937
I'll Take Romance
5/2
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, how...
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I'll Take Romance
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
6.7/103
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1936
Frankie and Johnnie
5/1
The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
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Frankie and Johnnie
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
6.1/8
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. Wh...
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Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
Juarez
6.5/20
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
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Juarez
1939
Dancing Co-Ed
6.2/4
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dan...
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Dancing Co-Ed
1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
5.6/13
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1943
Bomber's Moon
5.5/2
An American pilot swears to get revenge on the German ace who shot his brother in this war movie set in war-torn Europe. Montgomery is the pilot. Afte...
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Bomber's Moon
1942
Fly-By-Night
6.4/5
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 escap...
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Fly-By-Night
1940
Star Dust
4.7/3
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
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Star Dust
1948
The Black Arrow
5.2/9
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is...
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The Black Arrow
1934
The Pursuit of Happiness
5.8/6
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local milit...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
1943
Hi Diddle Diddle
6.8/11
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things...
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Hi Diddle Diddle
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
5.7/11
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
4.8/13
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
Lucky Partners
5.9/9
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
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Lucky Partners
1944
Mr. Skeffington
6.6/54
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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Mr. Skeffington
1943
Don't You Believe It
5/1
This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's...
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Don't You Believe It
1942
Dr. Kildare's Victory
5.8/8
Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.
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Dr. Kildare's Victory
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
6.6/507
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1941
The Corsican Brothers
6.8/6
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' death at the hands of evil Colonna. Because each feel...
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The Corsican Brothers
1938
Smashing the Spy Ring
0/0
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
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Smashing the Spy Ring
1937
Maytime
6.1/8
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
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Maytime
1951
Tarzan's Peril
5/11
Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe.
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Tarzan's Peril
1936
Trouble for Two
6/4
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called Th...
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Trouble for Two
1937
It Could Happen to You
1/1
A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigra...
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It Could Happen to You
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
6.9/41
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and tha...
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
5.7/6
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1935
Naughty Marietta
4.9/17
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unli...
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Naughty Marietta
1938
Lord Jeff
7.1/6
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a ca...
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Lord Jeff
1940
Adventure in Diamonds
5.2/4
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.
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Adventure in Diamonds
1951
My Forbidden Past
5.7/18
An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.
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My Forbidden Past
1937
The Life of Emile Zola
6.6/130
Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
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The Life of Emile Zola
1956
The Search for Bridey Murphy
6.3/5
After being shown what hypnotism can do, a doctor starts to study it in depth. When he experiments on a friend's wife, she regresses into an early lif...
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The Search for Bridey Murphy
1936
Mad Holiday
6/6
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
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Mad Holiday
1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
5.3/3
The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.
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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1937
The League of Frightened Men
6/3
Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.
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The League of Frightened Men
1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.5/10
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
I Found Stella Parish
7/5
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.
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I Found Stella Parish
1935
The Melody Lingers on
0/0
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and...
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