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Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film actor best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'Twas beauty killed the beast," at the film's end. Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year.

In the late 1950s, Armstrong appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed television series, State Trooper.

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The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005)

What the "spider-pit" sequence from the original King Kong (1933) probably looked like (the original sequence was cut out of the original movie because it was deemed "too gruesome" and was subsequently lost). ...

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For Those Who Think Young (1964)

A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club. ...

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Johnny Cool (1963)

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S. ...

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Girl with an Itch (1958)

Ben Cooper, an old farmer, falls in love with the young blond hitchhiker Mari Lou. She falls in love with Ben Coopers money. But, will he have enough to make her happy? ...

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The Crooked Circle (1957)

A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight. ...

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The Peacemaker (1956)

A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his men causing all the troubl ...

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Double Jeopardy (1955)

Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey ...

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Gang Busters (1955)

A life-long criminal continues his practice of breaking out of Oregon State Prison - much to the frustration of the police. ...

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Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)

A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster. ...

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General Electric Theater: Into the Night (1955)

A husband and wife are driving on a trip to Palm Springs. They stop for gas and are kidnapped by a pair of criminals, who have just killed a store clerk during a robbery. They plan to flee to Mexico and need the couple to help get them through police roadb ...

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The Pace That Thrills (1952)

Chills and spills in the fast-paced world of motorcycle racing. ...

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Destination Big House (1950)

A teacher (Dorothy Patrick) weekends at her fiance's (Robert Rockwell) cabin, where a fugitive hides his loot. ...

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Captain China (1950)

The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on ...

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Sons of New Mexico (1949)

Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor, a would-be juvenile delinquent, played by Autry-protégé Dick Jones (who later ...

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Mighty Joe Young (1949)

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star. ...

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The Lucky Stiff (1949)

A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution. ...

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Streets of San Francisco (1949)

A police detective (Robert Armstrong) and his wife (Mae Clarke) adopt the wayward son (Gary Gray) of a slain gangster. ...

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The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)

A criminal psychologist tries to clear his patient of arson charges. ...

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The Paleface (1948)

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indi ...

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Return of the Bad Men (1948)

US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws. ...

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The Fugitive (1947)

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest. ...

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Exposed (1947)

A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client. ...

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The Sea of Grass (1947)

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals. ...

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Fall Guy (1947)

A drugged man covered in blood is picked up by police. Before the cops can get answers the man escapes in search of answers to the mystery himself. ...

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Criminal Court (1946)

A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body and is s ...

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Decoy (1946)

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies. ...

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G.I. War Brides (1946)

Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an English war bride, Joyce Giles, who has decided she no longer loves the American soldier she married and is ...

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Blonde Alibi (1946)

Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past. ...

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Gay Blades (1946)

New York hockey player Andy Buell is approached by Hollywood talent scout Nancy Davis to play the hunk lead in "The Behemoth" but he would prefer she quit her job and become his wife. ...

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The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)

In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. ...

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Arson Squad (1945)

Tom Mitchell is an insurance investigator and Fire Capt. Joe Dugan is chief of the police department's arson troubleshooters. Tom and Joe team up to solve a particularly vicious series of deliberate fires. A man has been killed in one conflagration, so the ...

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The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl whose nurse has been recently murdered. ...

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Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)

Gang Leader Dutch Malone goes on a hunting trip and is in a car wreck and is confined to the hospital, without the knowledge of any of his gang members. District Attorney Brady induces taxidermist Peter Winkly, who is an exact double for Malone,to imperson ...

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Blood on the Sun (1945)

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by the propaganda of the time. ...

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Belle of the Yukon (1944)

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest casino/dance hall. ...

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Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)

Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific. ...

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The Navy Way (1944)

The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp. ...

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Action in Arabia (1944)

Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies. ...

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Around the World (1943)

Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II. ...

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The Mad Ghoul (1943)

A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover. ...

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The Kansan (1943)

Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspe ...

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Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)

Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion. ...

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Wings Over the Pacific (1943)

An American officer discovers a Nazi plot to take over an island in the Pacific on which oil has been discovered. ...

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Baby Face Morgan (1942)

When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living in the country with his mother. Rogers has naïve Edward brought to the city and installs him as the head of Acme Protective Agency. G ...

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My Favorite Spy (1942)

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman). ...

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Let's Get Tough (1942)

Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find h ...

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It Happened in Flatbush (1942)

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser. ...

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Gang Busters (1942)

Police detectives battle the League of Murdered Men, a gang of resurrected dead criminals. ...

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Citadel of Crime (1941)

A gang of mobsters try to take over the various moonshine operations in the hills of West Virginia. ...

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Sky Raiders (1941)

Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which seeks US government contracts for its inventions. Enemy spies attempt to steal, sabotage and discredit the inventions and founders of the company. ...

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Mr. Dynamite (1941)

A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs. ...

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Dive Bomber (1941)

A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive. ...

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San Francisco Docks (1940)

Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who has been annoying her. Cassidy is murdered that night and Johnny is jailed for the crime. Kitty, her father ...

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Meet the Fleet (1940)

The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training. ...

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Behind the News (1940)

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of ...

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Service with the Colors (1940)

Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt ...

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Enemy Agent (1940)

A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are. ...

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Forgotten Girls (1940)

A disillusioned factory worker is charged with the attempted murder of her mother's lover. ...

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Framed (1940)

A young newspaper reporter finds himself framed for murder. ...

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Call a Messenger (1939)

A tough street kid attempts to rob a post office and is caught. In order to avoid reform school, he takes a job as a messenger with the post office. He finds that he likes it, and when his brother is released from prison, attempts to help his brother go st ...

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The Roaring Twenties (1939)

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd ...

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Flight at Midnight (1939)

Spinner McGee, devil-may-care mail pilot volunteers his courage and skill for the task of raising $100,000 to save the small airport owned by Pop Hussey from being condemned. ...

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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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Unmarried (1939)

Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter but wind up collecting his child, instead, and raising him as their own son. ...

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Man of Conquest (1939)

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas. ...

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The Flying Irishman (1939)

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single eng ...

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There Goes My Heart (1938)

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk. ...

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The Night Hawk (1938)

Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim ...

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She Loved a Fireman (1937)

A young man with a checkered past struggles to make good as a fireman. ...

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The Girl Said No (1937)

Jimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to get her back after she rejects him; and along the way, he revives a failing Gilbert and Sullivan troupe. ...

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It Can't Last Forever (1937)

Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get involved with gangsters when one of Larry's radio-program future-pr ...

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Three Legionnaires (1937)

Set in the post-WWI days in the Siberian tank town of Skzavoskanoff, U. S. Army Sergeant Chuck Connors and Private Jiimy Barton are charged with upholding the principles of American Democracy in the face of the exotic charms of Olga, and a dastardly plot b ...

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Nobody's Baby (1937)

Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompetent Lena. They keep running into each other until Kitty resigns to being friends with Lena when they beco ...

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Without Orders (1936)

At Portland, Oregon, playboy pilot Len Kendrick lands at the end of a cross-country record flight, met by his father J.P. Kendrick who owns Amalgamated Air Lines. Len is a media darling, adored by fans for his daring flights. He is in love with Amalgamated ...

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All American Chump (1936)

A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters. ...

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Public Enemy's Wife (1936)

Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claims that she had no knowledge of Gene's criminal activity, but FBI agent Lee Laird doesn't buy it. ...

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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife. ...

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Dangerous Waters (1936)

While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend. ...

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Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935. ...

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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience. ...

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Remember Last Night? (1935)

After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. ...

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Little Big Shot (1935)

A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter. ...

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'G' Men (1935)

James "Brick" Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join ...

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Sweet Music (1935)

A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York. ...

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Gigolette (1935)

Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates on the theory that if the suckers want it he'll give it to them, al ...

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The Mystery Man (1935)

Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the ...

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Flirting with Danger (1934)

Three brash and cocky powder mixers are sent to South America to work at a dynamite plant there. ...

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Kansas City Princess (1934)

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath ...

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The Hell Cat (1934)

Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw ...

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Manhattan Love Song (1934)

After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees liv ...

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She Made Her Bed (1934)

"Duke" Gordon (Robert Armstrong), a circus lion-tamer, tries to tames his wife, Laura (Sally Eilers), just as he does his lions. But she is a one-man woman, married to the wrong man, and refuses to cheat on her cheating husband even though her happiness de ...

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Search for Beauty (1934)

Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures. ...

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Palooka (1934)

Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. ...

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The Son of Kong (1933)

Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong. ...

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Above the Clouds (1933)

Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle all but destroys him professionally. Scoop manages to get his photographer pal Dick (Richard Cromwell) fired as well, but he promises to restore Dick's reput ...

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Blind Adventure (1933)

Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the wa ...

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I Love That Man (1933)

Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a small town and give up their life of crime. He goes into business and all seems to be going well until som ...

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King Kong (1933)

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be ...

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Fast Workers (1933)

Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner hasn't failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail, Bucker meets Mary, a ...

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The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter. ...

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The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. ...

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two ...

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Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team. ...

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Is My Face Red? (1932)

William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from his showgirl gal-pal, Peggy. Eventually Bill's reckless tattling gets him in deep tr ...

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Radio Patrol (1932)

A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed. ...

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The Lost Squadron (1932)

When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director. ...

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Panama Flo (1932)

An engineer makes a thieving entertainer work off her debts as a housekeeper at his jungle mining camp. ...

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Suicide Fleet (1931)

Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway. ...

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The Tip-Off (1931)

A young radio repairman becomes involved with gangsters and one of their girlfriends when he repairs their radio. ...

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Ex-Bad Boy (1931)

A man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his small town. ...

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Iron Man (1931)

Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis. ...

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Danger Lights (1931)

Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't no ...

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