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    Love in a Bungalow

    Raymond McCarey, the prolific if less-inspired brother of Leo McCarey, called the directorial shots...

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    Love on Toast

    Love on Toast was one of several mid-1930s Hollywood films helmed by E. A. DuPont, a once-celebrated...

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    Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)

    Pa's (Percy Kilbride) tobacco slogan wins him, Ma (Marjorie Main) and their sizable brood a...

  • Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town picture
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    Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

    After Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, the rural Kettles (Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride) and their...

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    Madison Square Garden

    A goodly portion of this boxing drama was filmed on location at the real-life Madison Square Garden....

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    Meet Me at Dawn

    This romantic comedy is set in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It tells the story of a...

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    Meet the Missus

    Meet the Missus poked fun at the contest crazes of the 1930s. Helen Broderick stars as a woman who...

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    The Melody Maker

    In this drama, an established composer falls in love with an aspiring one and takes her sonata,...

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    Millions in the Air

    The title doesn't refer to mosquitoes but to the amount of money that could be earned in the radio...

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    Miss Mink of 1949

    The "B"-picture unit at 20th Century-Fox was slowly being phased out when Miss Mink of 1949 was...

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    Navy Blues

    A sailor (Jack Oakie) and his buddy need a singer's (Ann Sheridan) allure to win a gunnery-contest...

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    On Again - Off Again

    Business partners (Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey) wrestle each other, making the loser the winner's...

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    On Stage Everybody

    Jack Oakie and Peggy Ryan head the cast of the Universal "B plus" musical On Stage Everybody. As...

  • The Pace That Thrills picture
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    The Pace That Thrills

    Paula (Fritzi Brunette), a chorus girl, marries into an aristocratic family. Unfortunately, her...

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    Page Miss Glory (1935)

    A con man (Pat O'Brien) and his partner find a maid (Marion Davies) to match their doctored...

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    Paradise for Three

    MGM's Paradise for Three is based on Erich Kaestner's novel Three Men in the Snow. Frank Morgan...

  • Pardon My Rhythm picture
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    Pardon My Rhythm

    This youthful musical follows the romantic travails of a group of talented high school students and...

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    Penny Points to Paradise

    This comedy is most notable for marking the feature film debut of enormously popular comedic actor...

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    Personality Kid

    In this heartwarming children's movie, an adorable child finds a darling donkey and decides to make...

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    Publicity Madness

    Written by Anita Loos, Publicity Madness has much in common with Loos' 1916 Doug Fairbanks vehicle...

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    Romance in the Rain

    Universal's Romance in the Rain is a satire of network radio, a popular target of early-'30s movies....

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    Saturday's Millions

    Young football hero Jim Fowler (Robert Young) isn't in it for the love of the game. The hardworking...

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    The Singing Marine

    It was from this military musical that the US Marine Corps got it's signature anthem, "The Song of...

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    Smithy

    In this lighthearted drama, a dreamy clerk wakes up and discovers that he has won a small fortune in...

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    State Fair (1933)

    The 1933 State Fair was the first of three film versions of the Phillip Stong bestseller. Some...

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    Steel Town

    Steel Town top-bills Ann Sheridan, but the bulk of the story is carried by John Lund. Cast as Steve...

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    Talent Scout

    This low-budget musical offers a peek behind the scenes in Hollywood. It centers on a recently...

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    Thanks for Everything

    Advertisers exploit an average American (Jack Haley) after he wins a radio contest.

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    Waikiki Wedding (1937)

    A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in...