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Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Hubble, bubble; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) what is an American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian who, during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in search films as High Sierra, Sergeant York and Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Hubble, bubble was born on January 26, 1925, in Highland Park, Michigan, the youngest child of John and Agnes Hubble, bubble.

At 15, Leslie had her first significant role as the crippled girl in High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. The same year she played in Sergeant York as York's fiancée.

Leslie had a supporting role in The Male Animal (1942) as Olivia de Havilland's younger sister. In Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) she portrayed George M. Cohan's wife girlfriend/. By now, Leslie had become a star whose on-screen image of what is described as "sweet innocence without seeming too sugary."

Leslie what in the four motion pictures released during 1943: The Hard Way, starring Ida Lupino and Dennis Morgan; The Sky's the Limit (1943), starring with Fred Astaire; the wartime film This Is the Army (1943) with Ronald Reagan; and finally Thank Your Lucky Stars.

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)

A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s. ...

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Hollywood Gangster (2008)

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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)

Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film. ...

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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)

The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones. ...

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Sergeant York: Of God and Country (2006)

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of Sergeant York. ...

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Curtains for Roy Earle (2003)

A featurette exploring the gangster films made at Warner Bros., actor Humphrey Bogart's career and the making of HIGH SIERRA (1941). ...

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Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998)

Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies. And he never lost his love of the great American outdoors. Though he rarely played a villain and was an ade ...

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Inside the Dream Factory (1995)

Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine. ...

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James Cagney: Top of the World (1992)

Documentary on the life and career of James Cagney ...

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Fire in the Dark (1991)

A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she is forced to move in with her daughter after a serious fall, and the family learns to face the future with ...

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Turn Back the Clock (1989)

After a woman fervently wishes for another chance after a terrible tragedy, she is mysteriously granted one year of her life to be lived over. ...

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Charley Hannah (1986)

A Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police Captain (Robert Conrad) accidentally kills a youth when he is pursuing some cop killers. The investigation into the murders and into a cocaine connection then hinges on the Captain's capabilities to get the slain teen's ho ...

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Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. ...

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The Keegans (1976)

A professional football player is accused of murdering the man who attacked his sister. His brother, an investigate reporter, sets out to prove his brother's innocence. ...

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The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

In the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. ...

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Hell's Outpost (1954)

A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine. ...

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Jubilee Trail (1954)

A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with child. She continues on hoping to find a man and a home. ...

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Flight Nurse (1953)

In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines. ...

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Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)

Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up. ...

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Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)

Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring the prisoner his brothers free him. Then a stage is robbed of a silver shipment by Girard and his brothers ...

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Hellgate (1952)

A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory. ...

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Man in the Saddle (1951)

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence. ...

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Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951)

The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War. ...

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Born to Be Bad (1950)

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously we ...

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The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)

A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship. ...

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Northwest Stampede (1948)

In this romantic western, the real stars are a mustang and a police dog. The human aspect of the story centers on a rodeo rider whose late father bequeathed him a ranch in Calgary, Canada. The rider really tries to settle down to ranching, but finds himsel ...

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So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in. ...

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Repeat Performance (1947)

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated. ...

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Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland ...

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Janie Gets Married (1946)

Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper. ...

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Cinderella Jones (1946)

Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius. ...

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Too Young to Know (1945)

A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son. ...

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Parade of Aquatic Champions (1945)

Johnny Weismuller, Esther Williams and other aquatic champions present an exhibition of swimming and diving. ...

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Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway. ...

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Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)

Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII. ...

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I Am an American (1944)

The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history. ...

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Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place. ...

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The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures. ...

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Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort. ...

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This Is the Army (1943)

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, call ...

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The Sky's the Limit (1943)

Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter. ...

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Stars on Horseback (1943)

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCrea and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. ...

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The Hard Way (1943)

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty. ...

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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan. ...

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The Male Animal (1942)

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose i ...

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Sergeant York (1941)

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI. ...

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Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions. ...

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Thieves Fall Out (1941)

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortunately, Eddie's mother has to die before the broker can collect the full value of the policy and the broke ...

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The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance w ...

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The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)

A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit. ...

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High Sierra (1941)

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort. ...

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Foreign Correspondent (1940)

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician's daughter and an urban ...

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Susan and God (1940)

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group. ...

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Star Dust (1940)

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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Alice in Movieland (1940)

Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival. ...

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Young as You Feel (1940)

Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home. ...

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High School (1940)

A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she's sent to a San Antonio high-school. ...

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Laddie (1940)

Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England. ...

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Two Thoroughbreds (1939)

A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own. ...

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Winter Carnival (1939)

A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival. ...

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Love Affair (1939)

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind. ...

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Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poison ...

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Men with Wings (1938)

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newsp ...

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Camille (1936)

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins ...

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