Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan was an American performer who is probably best known today as a film actor. Ryan and his wife, Irene who later played Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies, were a show business team that performed on Broadway, film and radio. They made some short films for Educational Pictures in the mid-1930s based on their vaudeville act.
They were married from 1922 to 1942. Even after their divorce in 1942, the couple occasionally worked together. In the 1940s, Ryan found opportunities at Monogram Pictures where he acted in films as well as wrote screenplays. In films of the 1940s and the early 1950s, Ryan appeared on screen playing numerous roles as cops, newspaper editors and detectives.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.332 |
| Birthday | 1899-07-04 |
| Place of Birth | Bayonne, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Timothy Thomas Ryan, |
1945
Detour
7.2/351
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
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Detour
1953
From Here to Eternity
7.29/626
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
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From Here to Eternity
1936
Peaceful Relations
0/0
An Educational Pictures comedy starring the husband and wife team of Tim and Irene Ryan.
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Peaceful Relations
1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
5/1
Joan Daley, a New York booking/press agent, attempts to recruit two local stand-ins, Jinx Terry and Lois Morgan, when the Cuban sister-act, Marianela...
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Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
Melody Lane
0/0
In this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and fortune but find themselves in trouble when a radio spon...
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Melody Lane
1946
Dark Alibi
6.1/20
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the...
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Dark Alibi
1941
Bedtime Story
5.9/6
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worl...
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Bedtime Story
1948
Shanghai Chest
6.1/5
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites, and all three victims were connected...
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Shanghai Chest
1948
The Golden Eye
5.4/14
A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of...
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The Golden Eye
1942
Pardon My Stripes
6/1
Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns...
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Pardon My Stripes
1945
Fashion Model
3/2
When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a lowly stock boy.
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Fashion Model
1944
Detective Kitty O'Day
4.8/18
Convinced that she has what it takes to be a detective, inquisitive secretary Kitty O'Day gets her chance to put her sleuthing skills to the test when...
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Detective Kitty O'Day
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
4/2
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
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A Tragedy at Midnight
1946
Wife Wanted
6.5/1
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs...
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Wife Wanted
1942
Butch Minds the Baby
0/0
Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe cracker...
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Butch Minds the Baby
1945
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
4.8/4
A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.
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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
5.4/9
A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.
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The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1944
Shadow of Suspicion
6/1
Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell & Co. jewelers to safeguard the arrival of the fa...
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Shadow of Suspicion
1949
Alias Nick Beal
6.8/30
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking...
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Alias Nick Beal
1943
Melody Parade
0/0
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
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Melody Parade
1957
The Buster Keaton Story
4.9/8
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.
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The Buster Keaton Story
1952
Here Come the Marines
6/2
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and h...
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Here Come the Marines
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
5.6/8
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1944
And the Angels Sing
7.8/4
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Po...
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And the Angels Sing
1943
Sarong Girl
0/0
A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
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Sarong Girl
1949
Shamrock Hill
1/1
A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries to stop it from having a television station built on i...
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Shamrock Hill
1941
Lucky Devils
1/1
Lucky Devils casts the mismatched duo as a pair of intrepid newsreel cameramen. When they're not risking their lives coverning the Hot Spots of the wo...
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Lucky Devils
1943
Reveille with Beverly
7/5
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a n...
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Reveille with Beverly
1944
Hot Rhythm
4.7/3
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break...
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Hot Rhythm
1941
Pot o' Gold
5.5/22
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family...
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Pot o' Gold
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
7.5/473
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of v...
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The Asphalt Jungle
1951
Crazy Over Horses
5.5/2
The boys get mixed up with a race horse & crooked gamblers
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Crazy Over Horses
1949
Champion
6.624/89
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
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Champion
1950
Force of Evil
6.549/113
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of...
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Force of Evil
1942
Nazi Agent
6.6/11
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and...
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Nazi Agent
1944
Kansas City Kitty
3/1
A piano teacher and her roommate decide invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comedy with music.
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Kansas City Kitty
1936
Just Plain Folks
0/0
In a burlesque of the radio program "One Man's Family", Tim pays a visit to his fiancée, Irene Carr, to meet her family. He is ignored, insulted and r...
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Just Plain Folks
1935
One Big Happy Family
0/0
When Tim Ryan's leading lady walks out in a small hillbilly town, the leading lady he selects -- at gunpoint -- is dumb bell Irene Ryan.
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One Big Happy Family
1936
The Wacky Family
0/0
Tim has just been promoted to sales manager and his boss says he will be out to visit Tim and Irene in their new country home to see how his employees...
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The Wacky Family
1956
The Cruel Tower
5.1/8
The story of a bunch of hard-drinking steeplejacks.
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The Cruel Tower
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
0/0
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.
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Swingin' on a Rainbow
1942
The Man in the Trunk
0/0
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
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The Man in the Trunk
1937
His Pest Girl
0/0
Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case.
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His Pest Girl
1937
The Big Courtship
0/0
An Educational Pictures short starring Tim and Irene Ryan.
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The Big Courtship
1947
Merton of the Movies
6.8/4
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert...
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Merton of the Movies
1941
Ball of Fire
7.4/204
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is...
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Ball of Fire
1943
The Sultan's Daughter
3/1
A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.
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The Sultan's Daughter
1943
Swing Out the Blues
4.5/2
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your proble...
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Swing Out the Blues
1940
Brother Orchid
6.4/32
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himsel...
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Brother Orchid
1942
This Gun for Hire
6.94/168
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss,...
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This Gun for Hire
1944
Hi, Beautiful
9.5/1
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film is also a remake of the 1937 comedy Love in a Bunga...
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Hi, Beautiful
1944
Swingtime Johnny
9/1
The Andrews Sisters take a hiatus from show business to aid the war effort. They take on jobs at a pipe-organ plant now making artillery shells. But t...
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Swingtime Johnny
1944
Crazy Knights
4.7/5
Also known as Ghost Crazy. Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted house.
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Crazy Knights
1945
Rockin' in the Rockies
5.7/6
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run...
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Rockin' in the Rockies
1942
Don't Get Personal
3/2
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by...
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Don't Get Personal
1940
Hullabaloo
4/1
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
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Hullabaloo
1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
6.8/12
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jef...
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Third Finger, Left Hand
1949
Red, Hot and Blue
5.8/4
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
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Red, Hot and Blue
1953
Private Eyes
7.5/4
After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and the gang start up a detective agency try to cash in on...
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Private Eyes
1956
Fighting Trouble
6/2
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.
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Fighting Trouble
1947
News Hounds
6.3/3
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring tha...
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News Hounds
1949
Sky Dragon
7.7/3
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is miss...
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Sky Dragon
1943
Redhead from Manhattan
4.7/3
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan, where she takes the place of...
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Redhead from Manhattan
1942
Blondie Goes to College
6.4/6
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, B...
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Blondie Goes to College
1950
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
2/1
Monogram's Bringing Up Father series, based on the popular comic strip by George McManus, hit a high point of sorts with 1950's Jiggs and Maggie Out W...
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Jiggs and Maggie Out West
1952
Fargo
6.5/4
The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Bill returns to the Fargo country t...
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Fargo
1941
Three Girls About Town
5.3/3
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...
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Three Girls About Town
1953
The Marksman
0/0
Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers.
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The Marksman
1941
Devil Pays Off
3.3/7
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
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Devil Pays Off
1941
Dead Men Tell
6.3/16
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the...
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Dead Men Tell
1946
Bringing Up Father
4.5/2
Based on the comic strip by George McManus about the adventures of the social-climbing Maggie and her long-suffering husband Jiggs. In this film, one...
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Bringing Up Father
1942
Get Hep to Love
4/1
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Get Hep to Love
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
6.3/9
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly...
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Blue, White, and Perfect
1941
Harmon of Michigan
0/0
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweet...
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Harmon of Michigan
1949
Forgotten Women
0/0
A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison drinks to forget playboy Andy Emerson, whom she migh...
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Forgotten Women
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
6.801/68
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip co...
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I Wake Up Screaming
1951
All That I Have
5/1
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to...
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All That I Have
1942
Stand by for Action
7/10
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yach...
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Stand by for Action
1942
Stand By All Networks
4.8/4
An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.
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Stand By All Networks
1949
Miss Mink of 1949
0/0
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
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Miss Mink of 1949
1947
Body and Soul
6.723/101
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, in...
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Body and Soul
1942
This Time for Keeps
6/1
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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This Time for Keeps
1941
Where Did You Get That Girl?
5/3
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contra...
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Where Did You Get That Girl?
1943
True to Life
6/1
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins t...
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True to Life
1941
Ice-Capades
5/4
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating...
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Ice-Capades
1937
Will You Stop?
0/0
Tim (Tim Ryan) has written what he thinks is a great skit about Antony and Cleopatra for the department store's annual employee show, but the boss ins...
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Will You Stop?
1948
Half Past Midnight
6/1
A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woma...
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Half Past Midnight
1947
Jiggs and Maggie in Society
0/0
Maggi continues her forever-ever efforts to crash Manhattan's top society, while Jiggs still mingles with his old construction cronies at the bar of D...
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Jiggs and Maggie in Society
1940
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
6/1
In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their youngsters who unfortunately despise each other and onl...
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I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
1940
Private Affairs
0/0
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.
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Private Affairs
1943
Riding High
4/3
No relation to the 1950 Frank Capra film of the same name, the 1943 Technicolor musical Riding High is a by-the-numbers vehicle for Dorothy Lamour and...
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Riding High
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
5.8/4
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house...
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Two Sisters from Boston
1941
A Man Betrayed
5.5/10
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is ac...
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A Man Betrayed
1950
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
0/0
A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey Pennyworth's hometown.
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Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1947
Blondie's Holiday
6/2
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount of the raise pledges more than they can afford to...
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Blondie's Holiday
1948
The Luck of the Irish
5.7/18
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
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The Luck of the Irish
1942
Strictly in the Groove
0/0
College student, cattle baron, confused love story.
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Strictly in the Groove
1941
Maisie Was a Lady
6.8/4
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds...
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Maisie Was a Lady
1949
French Fried Frolic
0/0
Wally and Tim pose as the husbands of two French women so they'll receive their dowry from their eccentric uncle, but mayhem ensues when first their w...
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French Fried Frolic
1948
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
0/0
Maggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon character in the George McManus comic strip "Bring...
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