Fred MacMurray
Born to Maleta Martin and Frederick MacMurray (concert violinist). Fred sang and played in orchestras to earn tuition. He was educated at Carroll College, Wis. Fred played with a Chicago orchestra for more than a year. Then he joined an orchestra in Hollywood where he played, did some recording and played extra roles. He then joined a comedy stage band, California Collegians, and went to New York. There he joined "Three's A Crowd" revue on Broadway and on the road. After this show closed, he returned to California and worked in vaudeville. He played the vaudeville circuits and night clubs until cast for major role in "Roberta". Signed by Paramount in 1935.
MacMurray was raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin from the age of 5, eventually graduating from Beaver Dam High School (currently the site of Beaver Dam Middle School), where he was a 3-sport star in football, baseball, and basketball. Fred retained a special place in his heart for his small-town Wisconsin upbringing, referring at any opportunity in magazine articles or interviews to the lifelong friends and cherished memories of Beaver Dam, even including mementos of his childhood in several of his films. In "Pardon my Past" (1945), Fred and fellow GI William Demarest are moving to Beaver Dam, WI to start a mink farm.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 24.272 |
| Birthday | 1908-08-30 |
| Place of Birth | Kankakee, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | Fred Mac Murray, Frederick Martin MacMurray, Fredrick Martin "Fred" MacMurray, |
1960
The Apartment
8.206/2171
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apart...
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The Apartment
1944
Double Indemnity
8.1/1713
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of d...
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Double Indemnity
1954
The Caine Mutiny
7.162/318
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial...
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The Caine Mutiny
1939
Cafe Society
6/1
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.
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Cafe Society
1954
Pushover
6.383/64
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Pushover
1936
The Princess Comes Across
6.1/11
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a band...
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The Princess Comes Across
1935
Hands Across the Table
6.8/16
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
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Hands Across the Table
1943
No Time for Love
6.7/14
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.
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No Time for Love
1967
The Happiest Millionaire
6.767/30
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter,...
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The Happiest Millionaire
1943
Above Suspicion
6.4/28
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Above Suspicion
1982
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.607/360
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist...
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1966
Follow Me, Boys!
6.5/26
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general sto...
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Follow Me, Boys!
1940
Remember the Night
7.406/96
When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blo...
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Remember the Night
1947
The Egg and I
6.9/38
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While...
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The Egg and I
1959
Good Day for a Hanging
6.2/12
As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen...
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Good Day for a Hanging
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
6.1/14
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days...
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The Miracle of the Bells
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
7.1/55
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back...
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There's Always Tomorrow
1935
Alice Adams
6.585/47
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climb...
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Alice Adams
1959
The Shaggy Dog
6/77
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an...
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The Shaggy Dog
1950
Borderline
5.5/23
Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, thee find them selves falling in love with each other. Neither is aware of the other...
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Borderline
1978
The Swarm
4.9/156
Scientist Dr. Bradford Crane and army general Thalius Slater join forces to fight an almost invisible enemy threatening America; killer bees that have...
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The Swarm
1941
Dive Bomber
6.3/28
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 ste...
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Dive Bomber
1959
Face of a Fugitive
5.4/18
A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot sett...
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Face of a Fugitive
1955
The Rains of Ranchipur
4.9/12
India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also mee...
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The Rains of Ranchipur
1961
The Absent-Minded Professor
6.4/162
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a har...
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The Absent-Minded Professor
1936
The Texas Rangers
6.3/13
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
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The Texas Rangers
1963
Son of Flubber
5.9/61
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hope...
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Son of Flubber
1939
Invitation to Happiness
0/0
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
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Invitation to Happiness
1942
The Lady Is Willing
6.6/4
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep t...
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The Lady Is Willing
1947
Singapore
5.7/17
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée...
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Singapore
1935
The Gilded Lily
6.4/10
Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves...
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The Gilded Lily
1951
Callaway Went Thataway
4.8/10
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is...
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Callaway Went Thataway
1948
On Our Merry Way
5.5/14
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the...
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On Our Merry Way
1937
Maid of Salem
5.9/7
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachuse...
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Maid of Salem
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
6.3/25
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1955
The Far Horizons
6.2/21
Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and...
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The Far Horizons
1948
Family Honeymoon
5.7/3
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on t...
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Family Honeymoon
1941
New York Town
10/1
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stef...
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New York Town
1956
Gun for a Coward
5.6/12
A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion...
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Gun for a Coward
1939
Honeymoon in Bali
6.2/2
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is...
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Honeymoon in Bali
1962
Bon Voyage!
5.3/18
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest p...
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Bon Voyage!
1973
Charley and the Angel
5.5/11
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be...
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Charley and the Angel
1940
Too Many Husbands
6.3/17
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
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Too Many Husbands
1935
The Bride Comes Home
4.8/5
A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in h...
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The Bride Comes Home
1937
Swing High, Swing Low
5.1/10
In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved i...
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Swing High, Swing Low
1942
Take a Letter, Darling
6.5/11
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end...
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Take a Letter, Darling
1955
At Gunpoint
6.3/12
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
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At Gunpoint
1949
Father Was a Fullback
6/1
Coach George Copper's college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup, and...
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Father Was a Fullback
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
5.9/8
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...
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Star Spangled Rhythm
1945
Murder, He Says
6.633/30
Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visitin...
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Murder, He Says
1938
Sing, You Sinners
6.5/5
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thin...
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Sing, You Sinners
1953
The Moonlighter
5.7/10
Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't...
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The Moonlighter
1954
Woman's World
7.1/16
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto indus...
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Woman's World
1937
True Confession
5.8/20
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she...
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True Confession
1957
Quantez
5.5/7
A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses...
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Quantez
1943
Flight for Freedom
5.2/6
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles to New York record and attracts the interest of th...
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Flight for Freedom
1947
Suddenly It's Spring
3.8/5
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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Suddenly It's Spring
1951
A Millionaire for Christy
6.4/5
Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle has died and left him $2 million. Christy, who's i...
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A Millionaire for Christy
1944
Practically Yours
0/0
In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembe...
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Practically Yours
1935
Grand Old Girl
6.5/2
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
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Grand Old Girl
1964
Kisses for My President
7/6
A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.
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Kisses for My President
1946
Smoky
5.5/4
Clint Barkley first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the owner, Julie Richards. He is given a job on her ranch...
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Smoky
1940
Little Old New York
4/5
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat.
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Little Old New York
1944
Standing Room Only
5/2
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms....
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Standing Room Only
1941
Virginia
0/0
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
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Virginia
1937
Exclusive
6/1
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government C...
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Exclusive
1938
Cocoanut Grove
0/0
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
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Cocoanut Grove
1938
Men with Wings
5/2
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight....
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Men with Wings
1948
An Innocent Affair
4.7/3
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested i...
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An Innocent Affair
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
1936
13 Hours by Air
4.6/5
Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to California while dealing with dangerous jewel thieves o...
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13 Hours by Air
1935
Car 99
5/1
A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie...
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Car 99
1945
Where Do We Go from Here?
5.6/5
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 Bi...
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Where Do We Go from Here?
1950
Never a Dull Moment
5.4/9
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madiso...
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Never a Dull Moment
1953
Fair Wind to Java
4.9/7
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vesse...
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Fair Wind to Java
1942
The Forest Rangers
0/0
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prov...
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The Forest Rangers
1935
Men Without Names
6/1
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
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Men Without Names
1975
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
4.8/6
A retired businessman notices that there has been a rash of ships and planes disappearing off the Florida coast, and he starts to investigate.
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Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1940
Rangers of Fortune
5/1
Fred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small to...
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Rangers of Fortune
1945
Pardon My Past
7/4
Eddie York (MacMurray) is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
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Pardon My Past
1941
One Night In Lisbon
0/0
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference from her fiancee and his ex.
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One Night In Lisbon
1945
Captain Eddie
6/2
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the earl...
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Captain Eddie
1937
Champagne Waltz
0/1
In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss a...
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Champagne Waltz
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
0/0
Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1959
The Oregon Trail
5.3/17
In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sen...
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The Oregon Trail
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
5.7/3
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1958
Day of the Badman
6.5/13
Judge Jim Scott must contend with the vicious relatives of a murderer he's about to sentence...and his unfaithful fiancee.
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Day of the Badman
1976
Joys
4/0
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies t...
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Joys
1943
Show-Business at War
7/3
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War
1974
The Chadwick Family
6/1
A father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters, also consists of two sons-in-law and his youngest dau...
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The Chadwick Family
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
8/1
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the ent...
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This Is Bob Hope...
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
8/2
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...
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A Star Is Born World Premiere
1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
6/1
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.6/11
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1960
Gala Day at Disneyland
6/1
The gala dedication ceremonies at the opening of three new major attractions at Disneyland—Matterhorn Bobsleds, Submarine Voyage, and the new Monorail...
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Gala Day at Disneyland
1959
Disneyland '59
6.5/2
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disn...
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Disneyland '59
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
6/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
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Breakdowns of 1942
2006
Shadows of Suspense
0/0
A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."
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Shadows of Suspense
1968
The Movie Orgy
5.8/8
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
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The Movie Orgy
1978
Inside 'the Swarm'
10/1
A behind-the-scenes/Making of documentary short focused on Irwin Allen's all-star disaster flick The Swarm.
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Inside 'the Swarm'
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
6/1
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
0/0
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the U...
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1929
Tiger Rose
0/0
A mountie pursues a man wanted for murder.
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Tiger Rose
1996
Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
0/0
Amiable and unassuming, Fred MacMurray went from small-town boy to one of Hollywood and television's most enduring stars.
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Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
2008
Inside 'The Apartment'
0/0
A 2007 documentary on the making of "The Apartment."
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Inside 'The Apartment'
2006
The Shaggy Dog Kids
0/0
Reminiscences by the kids from the original 1959 Disney film.
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The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
0/0
Actors remember the great Fred MacMurray.
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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.673/49
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen...
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
6.5/2
Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand...
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