Henry Armetta
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Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta, July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an Italian-born American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, starting in silents around 1915 to 1946, when his last film was released posthumously.
Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta, July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an Italian-born American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, starting in silents around 1915 to 1946, when his last film was released posthumously.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 10.394 |
| Birthday | 1888-07-03 |
| Place of Birth | Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Also Known As | Tony Martin, Enrico Armetto, |
1934
The Black Cat
6.7/254
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed archi...
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The Black Cat
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
6.1/16
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter l...
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Dust Be My Destiny
1939
I Stole a Million
6/1
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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I Stole a Million
1934
Imitation of Life
7/80
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami...
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Imitation of Life
1928
In Old Arizona
5/24
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends muc...
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In Old Arizona
1933
The Devil's Brother
6.6/57
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
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The Devil's Brother
1931
The Unholy Garden
6/2
At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hidden treasure from a collection of thieves and cri...
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The Unholy Garden
1930
Romance
6.2/13
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
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Romance
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
6/4
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 194...
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
1931
Just a Gigolo
4.8/3
A playboy pretends to be a paid escort in order to court--and test the moral character of--a young British socialite. Comedy.
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Just a Gigolo
1936
Let's Sing Again
3.2/6
An orphan (Eight-year-old boy soprano Bobby Breen) gets a chance to sing opera in New York.
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Let's Sing Again
1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
0/0
A lawyer handing a divorce case discovers the attorney for the opposition is his ex-wife.
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Two Heads on a Pillow
1934
The Poor Rich
0/0
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family mano...
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The Poor Rich
1939
Fisherman's Wharf
6/1
Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman's life in San Francisco until Carlo's widowed sister-in-law,...
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Fisherman's Wharf
1937
Make a Wish
5.7/6
While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny Selden. Stuck for an inspiration for his latest ope...
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Make a Wish
1929
Half Marriage
5.2/4
A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home f...
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Half Marriage
1939
The Lady and the Mob
6.3/3
Hattie Leonard sets out to break a criminal gang controlling the dry cleaning business.
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The Lady and the Mob
1935
Dinky
6.7/3
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
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Dinky
1945
Anchors Aweigh
6.8/149
Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl...
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Anchors Aweigh
1930
Lovin' the Ladies
3/2
A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling the circumstances, he can get any man and woman to f...
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Lovin' the Ladies
1932
Men Of America
4/1
Bank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.
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Men Of America
1933
Her First Mate
0/0
A camp butcher on an Albany night boat dreams of the South Seas.
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Her First Mate
1938
Everybody Sing
4.7/7
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piec...
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Everybody Sing
1933
Too Much Harmony
5/1
A singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."
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Too Much Harmony
1928
Street Angel
7.021/48
A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.
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Street Angel
1932
Prosperity
5/2
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
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Prosperity
1930
The Girl Said No
5.5/4
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plot...
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The Girl Said No
1931
Laughing Sinners
5.417/12
Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation A...
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Laughing Sinners
1934
Hide-Out
7.1/6
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the farmer's daughter who at first is unaware of his cr...
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Hide-Out
1934
Wake Up and Dream
4/2
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
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Wake Up and Dream
1934
Cross Country Cruise
6/2
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murde...
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Cross Country Cruise
1935
Princess O'Hara
6/1
When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a "stolen" race horse. Our he...
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Princess O'Hara
1935
Magnificent Obsession
7.382/17
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
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Magnificent Obsession
1929
Jazz Heaven
5/4
A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.
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Jazz Heaven
1932
Arsène Lupin
6.895/19
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the...
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Arsène Lupin
1932
Huddle
6.6/5
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale...
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Huddle
1934
The Cat and the Fiddle
6.9/7
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
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The Cat and the Fiddle
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl
6.6/16
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en...
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Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
Two in a Crowd
0/0
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress...
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Two in a Crowd
1928
Homesick
0/0
Babe, a lonely servant girl in California, puts a "husband wanted" ad in the newspaper...
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Homesick
1930
The Sins of the Children
4/6
A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier climate out west.
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The Sins of the Children
1929
Sunny Side Up
7.3/10
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long I...
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Sunny Side Up
1939
The Escape
5.5/1
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his...
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The Escape
1941
Caught in the Act
5/1
On the day of his daughter's wedding, a good-natured construction worker (Henry Armetta) is suspected by his wife of being involved with another woman...
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Caught in the Act
1941
The Big Store
6.3/64
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
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The Big Store
1933
What! No Beer?
5.5/8
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.
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What! No Beer?
1935
After Office Hours
6.3/12
A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
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After Office Hours
1940
You're Not So Tough
4.3/3
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick bu...
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You're Not So Tough
1938
Submarine Patrol
6.6/5
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
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Submarine Patrol
1928
A Girl in Every Port
6.3/15
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come betwe...
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A Girl in Every Port
1936
The Magnificent Brute
6/1
A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ignores the besotted gazes of his landlady at the boa...
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The Magnificent Brute
1933
So This Is Africa
6/5
Broke lion tamers travel to Africa to make a movie about Amazon women, from a distance.
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So This Is Africa
1934
Kiss and Make-Up
5.2/18
Dr. Maurice Lamar is a noted plastic surgeon who makes his rich clients beautiful, and also makes them. He makes Eve Caron, the wife of Marcel Caron,...
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Kiss and Make-Up
1936
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
0/0
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.
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The Crime of Dr. Forbes
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.1/14
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...
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Stage Door Canteen
1937
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
5.8/4
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the g...
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
1938
Speed to Burn
6/1
Horse racing provides the framework of this crime drama that centers on an orphan who has been raising a promising horse.
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Speed to Burn
1938
Road Demon
0/0
At the Indianapolis Speedway mobsters try to bump off a young racer just as they did his dad. Junk yard owner tap dances.
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Road Demon
1939
Winner Take All
0/0
When a waiter makes a lucky hit and wins a benefit prizefight, gamblers rig some fights for him; but a reporter arranges for a real boxer to put him i...
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Winner Take All
1932
Scarface
7.5/574
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sist...
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Scarface
1943
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
5.8/2
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1940
We Who Are Young
5.8/5
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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We Who Are Young
1932
Week Ends Only
0/0
A recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess. There she meets a handsome, sophisticated and wealthy...
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Week Ends Only
1932
Red-Headed Woman
6.5/43
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force so...
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Red-Headed Woman
1934
Gift of Gab
1/1
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
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Gift of Gab
1936
Carnival Day
0/0
It's carnival time, crowds gather for horse races and the games and food of a midway. Bobby the singing jockey will be riding the favorite Stardust, a...
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Carnival Day
1933
Hello Pop
9/1
A stage director is trying to put on a musical/comedy revue, but has to contend with temperamental musicians, an inept stage crew and his three idiot...
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Hello Pop
1934
The Merry Widow
6.7/47
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
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The Merry Widow
1928
The Red Dance
6.25/10
Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admi...
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The Red Dance
1916
The Marble Heart
1/1
Therese Roger, daughter of a West Indian planter, whose parents are murdered while she is a baby, becomes the adopted daughter of her aunt, Madame Rog...
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The Marble Heart
1937
Top of the Town
5.2/4
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunatel...
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Top of the Town
1935
Manhattan Moon
0/0
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of socia...
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Manhattan Moon
1929
Madame X
6/6
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her...
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Madame X
1934
Cheating Cheaters
0/0
The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting...
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Cheating Cheaters
1934
Good Time Henry
0/0
Henry is lured by old pal Hale into a night on the town despite fears that his wife will discover their hijinks.
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Good Time Henry
1929
The Trespasser
6.7/10
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives...
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The Trespasser
1931
A Tailor-Made Man
0/0
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs...
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A Tailor-Made Man
1932
Rasputin and the Empress
5/9
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
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Rasputin and the Empress
1932
A Farewell to Arms
6.204/130
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Event...
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A Farewell to Arms
1930
Little Accident
0/0
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
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Little Accident
1931
Hush Money
0/0
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old associate foiled by friendly detective.
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Hush Money
1930
The Climax
0/0
Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.
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The Climax
1944
Once Upon a Time
5.8/11
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Fly...
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Once Upon a Time
1932
Deception
0/0
Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.
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Deception
1945
Penthouse Rhythm
0/0
Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
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Penthouse Rhythm
1934
Let's Talk It Over
0/0
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drow...
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Let's Talk It Over
1934
Half a Sinner
0/0
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
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Half a Sinner
1934
Romance in the Rain
0/0
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
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Romance in the Rain
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
6/1
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order...
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3 Kids and a Queen
1931
Strangers May Kiss
5.1/8
After years of fighting off the advances of her old flame Steve, Lisbeth settles into a steamy, casual romance with journalist Alan. Against the advic...
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Strangers May Kiss
1945
A Bell for Adano
5.5/10
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without int...
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A Bell for Adano
1932
Central Park
5.2/6
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again i...
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Central Park
1932
The Passionate Plumber
5.9/8
Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J....
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The Passionate Plumber
1932
The Doomed Battalion
0/0
During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the Italian army.
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The Doomed Battalion
1932
Speak Easily
5.824/17
A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.
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Speak Easily
1932
Okay, America!
8/1
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
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Okay, America!
1934
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
6/1
A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid
5.7/6
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there i...
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Colonel Effingham's Raid
1932
Hat Check Girl
6/1
Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and others before she falls in love with millionaire playboy Bu...
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Hat Check Girl
1934
Embarrassing Moments
0/0
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in...
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Embarrassing Moments
1929
Lady of the Pavements
4.6/7
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the...
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Lady of the Pavements
1933
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
0/0
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.
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The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1929
Love, Live & Laugh
0/0
Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can't be all bad. In love with the beautiful Margharita...
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Love, Live & Laugh
1932
Steady Company
0/0
Truck driver Norman Foster has aspirations to become a prize fighter, but romantic interest June Clyde finds the idea deplorable. Henry Armetta and Za...
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Steady Company
1935
Straight from the Heart
0/0
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little bab...
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Straight from the Heart
1925
The Desert's Price
0/0
Returning from college, Wils McCann discovers that the long-standing feud between his family and their neighbors is actually the fault of the nasty Ma...
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The Desert's Price
1933
Laughing at Life
6/1
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe ho...
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Laughing at Life
1932
Bachelor's Affairs
1/1
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry bu...
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Bachelor's Affairs
1934
One Night of Love
5.3/13
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working...
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One Night of Love
1935
I've Been Around
2.5/2
Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.
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I've Been Around
1931
Five and Ten
6.3/10
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand,...
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Five and Ten
1927
7th Heaven
7.4/90
In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall i...
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7th Heaven
1930
Moonlight and Monkey Business
0/0
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Moonlight and Monkey Business
1930
The Ship from Shanghai
5.7/3
On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.
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The Ship from Shanghai
1933
So This Is Africa
6/5
Broke lion tamers travel to Africa to make a movie about Amazon women, from a distance.
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So This Is Africa
1931
Sightseeing in New York
0/0
Nick, and Tony, are New York City taxicab drivers, who are constantly arguing in broken-English and Italian, who take two out-of-town school teachers...
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