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  • The Night Mayor picture
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    The Night Mayor

    This drama, made while New York mayor Jimmy Walker was still being reviled by newspapers for similar...

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    No Time for Comedy (1940)

    A Midwestern reporter (James Stewart) marries the star (Rosalind Russell) of his Broadway comedy,...

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    Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

    A con-man war hero (John Garfield) falls in love with a young California widow (Geraldine...

  • Nora Prentiss picture
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    Nora Prentiss (1947)

    A nightclub singer (Ann Sheridan) inspires a doctor (Kent Smith) to fake his own murder, for which...

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    One Precious Year

    A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease in this...

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    Opened by Mistake

    This zany comedy-mystery gets under way when wiseguy reporter Jimmie Daniels (Robert Paige) and...

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    Outside These Walls

    In this drama, a the journalist and editor of a prison newspaper is good enough, that he even...

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    Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime was Paramount's follow-up to its successful Murder Goes to College; both films...

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    Peacock Alley

    In this romantic drama, a chorine marries her absent-minded childhood sweetheart so she can make her...

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    Picture Snatcher (1933)

    An ex-convict (James Cagney) turns New York tabloid photographer and courts a policeman's daughter...

  • Pistol Packin' Mama picture
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    Pistol Packin' Mama

    Two tuneful gamblers gambol across the country in a struggle for the money they need to run their...

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    The Plymouth Adventure (1952)

    Capt. Jones (Spencer Tracy), Dorothy Bradford (Gene Tierney), John Alden (Van Johnson) and the...

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    Radio City Revels

    Set in New York City's famed music hall and featuring an all-star cast, this musical chronicles the...

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    The Return of Doctor X (1939)

    A cub reporter (Wayne Morris) gets the scoop on a bloodthirsty doctor (Humphrey Bogart) brought back...

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    Rumba (1935)

    A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.

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    S.O.S. Tidal Wave

    Stalwart Republic contractee Ralph Byrd wades through a sea of stock footage in SOS-Tidal Wave. Byrd...

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    Scandal Sheet

    The publisher (Burt Lancaster) of a tabloid hires a desperate newswoman (Pamela Reed) to dig up...

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    A Social Celebrity

    Originally, Louise Brooks was only supposed to have a supporting role in this comedy-drama starring...

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    Speed (1936)

    The boss's niece (Wendy Barrie) helps a test driver (James Stewart) at Indianapolis and the Utah...

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    Spring in Park Lane

    A young Englishwoman (Anna Neagle) suspects her uncle's (Tom Walls) new servant (Michael Wilding),...

  • The Tattooed Stranger picture
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    The Tattooed Stranger (1950)

    A young New York police detective (John Miles) tracks down a killer, using a tattoo clue.

  • That Wonderful Urge picture
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    That Wonderful Urge (1948)

    When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an...

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    Thirty-Day Princess (1934)

    A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She...

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    This Man in Paris

    This Man in Paris was the followup to the successful British comedy-mystery This Man is News. Barry...

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    Tight Shoes

    This comedy-drama is adapted from a story by Damon Runyon and centers on a mobster with unusually...

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    The Trail Blazers

    An above-average entry in Republic Pictures' long-running "Three Mesqueteers" series, The Trail...

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    Two Minutes to Go

    This football picture was not one of Charles Ray's best vehicles. Ray plays Chester Burnett, the...

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    Valentino (1951)

    Unknown Rudolph Valentino (Anthony Dexter) meets an actress (Eleanor Parker) and a director (Richard...

  • The Wedding Night picture
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    The Wedding Night (1935)

    A married New York writer (Gary Cooper) meets a Polish farmer's daughter (Anna Sten) who prefers him...

  • West of Texas picture
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    West of Texas

    A would-be Western epic soundly defeated by an almost nonexistent budget, West of Texas was the...