Jackie Cooper
Served with the Navy in the South Pacific toward the end of World War II. Then, quietly and without publicity or fanfare, compiled one of the most distinguished peacetime military careers of anyone in his profession. In 1961, as his weekly TV series Hennesey (1959) was enhancing naval recruiting efforts, accepted a commission as a line officer in the Naval Reserve with duties in recruitment, training films, and public relations. Holder of a multi-engine pilot license, he later co-piloted jet planes for the Navy, which made him an Honorary Aviator authorized to wear wings of gold-at the time only the third so honored in naval aviation history. By 1976 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in uniform aboard the carrier USS Constellation for the Bicentennial celebration on July 4. In 1980, the Navy proposed a period of active duty at the Pentagon that would have resulted in a promotion to rear admiral, bringing him even with Air Force Reserve Brigadier General James Stewart. Fresh on the heels of a second directing Emmy, he felt his absence would impact achieving a long-held goal of directing motion pictures, and reluctantly declined. (The opportunity in films never materialized.) Holds Letters of Commendation from six secretaries of the Navy. Was honorary chairman of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and a charter member of VIVA, the effort to return POW-MIAs from Vietnam. Upon retirement in 1982, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by Navy Secretary John F. Lehman Jr.. Other than Stewart, no performer in his industry has achieved a higher uniformed rank in the U.S. military. (Glenn Ford was also a Naval Reserve captain, and director and Captain John Ford was awarded honorary flag rank upon his 1951 retirement from the Naval Reserve).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.945 |
| Birthday | 1922-09-15 |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Also Known As | John Cooper Jr., |
1978
Superman
7.137/3823
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...
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Superman
1930
The Ghosts
0/0
Juanito gets locked out of his house in the middle of a windy night. Spanish language version of When the Wind Blows (1930)
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The Ghosts
1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
4.6/1249
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, re...
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1980
Superman II
6.735/2260
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman, test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, th...
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Superman II
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
6.5/32
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on...
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Ziegfeld Girl
1983
Superman III
5.5/1687
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yield...
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Superman III
1931
The Champ
7.037/54
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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The Champ
1940
The Return of Frank James
6.25/126
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
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The Return of Frank James
1934
Treasure Island
6.5/66
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in searc...
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Treasure Island
1994
The Our Gang Story
0/0
Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 epi...
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The Our Gang Story
1938
Gangster's Boy
0/0
A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.
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Gangster's Boy
1931
Skippy
6/21
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogc...
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Skippy
1933
Lone Cowboy
3.5/2
Young Scooter O’Neal, orphaned after his father’s suicide, is sent out West to live with family friend Dobe Jones. Unaware of his father’s fate Scoote...
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Lone Cowboy
1974
Chosen Survivors
5.4/26
A group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, nearly two mil...
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Chosen Survivors
1933
Broadway to Hollywood
4.6/5
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
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Broadway to Hollywood
1941
Glamour Boy
6/1
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...
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Glamour Boy
1942
Syncopation
6.8/4
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
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Syncopation
1942
Men of Texas
0/0
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
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Men of Texas
1942
The Navy Comes Through
5.6/9
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
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The Navy Comes Through
1987
Surrender
4.9/25
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the wo...
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Surrender
1938
White Banners
5.8/5
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook...
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White Banners
1929
Boxing Gloves
6/8
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry be...
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Boxing Gloves
1930
Pups Is Pups
6.1/15
The gang decides to enter their animals in a local pet show.
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Pups Is Pups
1932
Divorce In The Family
6/3
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lo...
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Divorce In The Family
1961
Everything's Ducky
7.5/2
Everything's Ducky is a 1961 film directed by Don Taylor and starring Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Two sailors sneak a talking du...
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Everything's Ducky
1934
Peck's Bad Boy
5.7/3
Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result...
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Peck's Bad Boy
1929
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
3/1
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marr...
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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
0/0
This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken...
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1972
The Astronaut
5.7/7
An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and go...
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The Astronaut
1975
Journey into Fear
5.6/10
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.
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Journey into Fear
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1940
Seventeen
0/0
A high-school student in a small town becomes smitten with the sophisticated new girl who's just arrived from Chicago. Based on Booth Tarkington's sto...
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Seventeen
1936
Tough Guy
4.6/5
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
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Tough Guy
1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
0/0
Eddie Kane wanders round the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out.
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1971
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
5.4/7
Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban family. She must face their disapproval of her actions....
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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1940
Gallant Sons
7.2/5
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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Gallant Sons
1929
Moan & Groan, Inc.
5.5/3
The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.
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Moan & Groan, Inc.
1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
6/4
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1943
Where Are Your Children?
4/1
Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plants, meets and falls in love with Danny Chester (Jac...
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Where Are Your Children?
2021
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 2
0/0
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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 2
1938
Bear Facts
6.8/6
In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he know that Darla's father owns a circus - and a bear c...
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Bear Facts
1935
Dinky
6.7/3
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
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Dinky
1938
Boy of the Streets
5/3
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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Boy of the Streets
1930
When the Wind Blows
6.1/6
Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of...
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When the Wind Blows
1941
Life with Henry
5/1
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
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Life with Henry
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.6/5
Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and write...
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1938
Newsboys' Home
6/1
A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.
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Newsboys' Home
1933
The Bowery
5/7
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was k...
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The Bowery
1929
Bouncing Babies
6.1/4
With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.
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Bouncing Babies
1930
Shivering Shakespeare
5.7/5
The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go...
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Shivering Shakespeare
1930
The First Seven Years
5.1/9
Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.
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The First Seven Years
1930
Bear Shooters
5.2/8
The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but th...
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Bear Shooters
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
10/1
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from t...
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Sports on the Silver Screen
1974
The Day the Earth Moved
6.3/3
An aerial photography team tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one believes the duo until the tremors start and the wall...
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The Day the Earth Moved
1971
The Love Machine
4.2/4
An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
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The Love Machine
1939
What a Life
0/0
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
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What a Life
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
6.9/11
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
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The Devil Is a Sissy
1932
When a Feller Needs a Friend
2/1
A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.
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When a Feller Needs a Friend
1931
The Christmas Party
4.929/7
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fe...
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The Christmas Party
1939
The Spirit of Culver
0/0
Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he c...
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The Spirit of Culver
1975
Mobile Two
0/0
A TV reporter whose career was ruined by his drinking gets another chance when he is hired by a TV news program.
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Mobile Two
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
7/1
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1929
Sunny Side Up
7.3/11
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long I...
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Sunny Side Up
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
5.1/4
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...
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Hollywood Cavalcade
1930
A Tough Winter
5.6/4
The gang creates a huge mess after they get into a taffy-pulling contest.
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A Tough Winter
1930
Teacher's Pet
7.2/8
Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.
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Teacher's Pet
1930
School's Out
6.9/9
The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, t...
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School's Out
1931
Helping Grandma
6.8/6
The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.
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Helping Grandma
1931
Love Business
6.9/5
Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.
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Love Business
1931
Little Daddy
7/6
Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.
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Little Daddy
1985
The Making of 'Superman III'
6.667/3
This documentary treats movie fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Superman III, a more comical take on the superhero story in which the...
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The Making of 'Superman III'
1940
Rodeo Dough
5.3/3
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.
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Rodeo Dough
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted
0/0
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving a...
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Stand Up and Be Counted
1968
Shadow on the Land
8/2
Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.
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Shadow on the Land
1948
French Leave
0/0
Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi...
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French Leave
1942
Soaring Stars
0/0
Two autograph hounds attend an air show at Santa Anita racetrack.
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Soaring Stars
2022
The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition)
0/0
A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, this 6-disc set also includes over 4 hours of bonus material and features the talents of George “Spanky” McFarl...
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The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition)
1938
That Certain Age
5/6
Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send h...
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That Certain Age
2021
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
0/0
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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1
2023
The Little Rascals - CENTENNIAL BONUS DISC
0/0
The BONUS DISC included in the Centennial Collection.
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The Little Rascals - CENTENNIAL BONUS DISC
1939
Scouts to the Rescue
0/0
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, le...
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Scouts to the Rescue
2000
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
7/3
From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was one of the most powerful talents in the movie industry. In one of the most liberating eras for women in film, she w...
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
1980
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
6.3/6
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film,...
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
The Making of 'Superman II'
7.5/6
Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman.
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The Making of 'Superman II'
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
7.5/2
As Hollywood biographies go, Judy Garland's story is one of the saddest success stories you'll ever hear. The sanitized studio version of her life pre...
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Judy Garland: By Myself
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1964
Calhoun
6/1
Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.
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Calhoun
1931
Young Donovan's Kid
0/0
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
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Young Donovan's Kid
1947
Kilroy Was Here
5/2
"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and...
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Kilroy Was Here
2006
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
7.5/26
The history of the comic book superhero, Superman, in his various media incarnations.
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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
1931
Sooky
1/1
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boo...
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Sooky
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
6/2
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1941
Her First Beau
5/1
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also...
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Her First Beau
1973
Big John Morrison
0/0
Detectives Calabrese and Jameson become emotionally involved in a robbery/homicide/rape crime spree when a friend becomes a victim.
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Big John Morrison
1931
Bargain Day
6/2
Wheezer and Stymie, door-to-door salesmen, meet a lonely little rich girl.
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Bargain Day
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
7.342/316
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are...
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
1947
Stork Bites Man
0/0
A man engages in a boycott of a no children allowed apartment house, with the help of an imaginary stock and a large department store, after his wife...
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Stork Bites Man
1939
Streets of New York
5.6/5
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous...
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Streets of New York
1981
Rascal Dazzle
7/1
The Most Memorable Adventures from the "Our Gang Comedies" aka "The Little Rascals", Narrated By Jerry Lewis, Music by Nelson Riddle.
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Rascal Dazzle
1975
The Invisible Man
10/2
Inspired by the original 1897 novel by H.G. Wells, the pilot film depicts Daniel Westin working for a company called the Klae Corporation, which is do...
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The Invisible Man
1982
Hollywood’s Children
0/0
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
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Hollywood’s Children
1984
No Earthly Reason
0/0
Television short
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No Earthly Reason
1939
Two Bright Boys
0/0
A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
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Two Bright Boys
1939
The Big Guy
0/0
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
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The Big Guy
1995
Inside the Dream Factory
6/1
Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine.
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Inside the Dream Factory
2001
Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
7.3/3
A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM's most popular leading ladies
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Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir
1984
Ticket to Hollywood
0/0
Documentary looking at how Hollywood went from a small town to a mega center.
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Ticket to Hollywood
2006
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
6/5
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Cre...
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