Costume designer Walter Plunkett, one of the best in the business, once referred to his colleague Orry-Kelly as "the greatest of all Hollywood designers." Born John Orry Kelly, he studied for an art career in Australia, then moved to New York in 1923, in hopes of becoming an actor. When this didn't pan out, he painted murals, drew illustrated subtitles for Fox Film Studios, and designed costumes and sets for Broadway's Schubert and George White revues. Orry-Kelly was on the Warner payroll as early as 1930. During his nearly two decades with Warners, he clothed studio divas Bette Davis, Olivia DeHavilland and Anne Sheridan. He later free-lanced at Fox, Universal, and MGM; while at the latter studio, he shared an Academy Award with Walter Plunkett and Irene Sharaff for An American in Paris (1951). He went on to receive Oscars for Les Girls (1957) and Some Like It Hot (1959), and earned a nomination for Gypsy (1963). Having gowned some of Hollywood's most glamorous leading ladies, Orry-Kelly once summed up his career with a pithy "Hell must be filled with beautiful women and no mirrors."
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In the Cool of the Day
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1963 | |||
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Irma La Douce
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1963 | |||
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Sunday in New York
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1963 | |||
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Five Finger Exercise
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1962 | |||
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Gypsy
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1962 | |||
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Sweet Bird of Youth
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1962 | |||
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The Chapman Report
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1962 | |||
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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1962 | |||
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Two for the Seesaw
Costume Designer |
1962 | |||
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A Majority of One
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1961 | |||
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Some Like It Hot
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1959 | |||
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The Hanging Tree
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1959 | |||
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Auntie Mame
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1958 | |||
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Too Much, Too Soon
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1958 | |||
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Les Girls
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1957 | |||
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Oklahoma!
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1955 | |||
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I Confess
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1953 | |||
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Pat and Mike
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1952 | |||
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The Star
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1952 | |||
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An American in Paris
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1951 | |||
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One Way Street
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1950 | |||
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South Sea Sinner
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1950 | |||
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Under the Gun
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1950 | |||
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Caught
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1949 | |||
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Johnny Stool Pigeon
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1949 | |||
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Once More, My Darling
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1949 | |||
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Take One False Step
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1949 | |||
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The Lady Gambles
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1949 | |||
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Undertow
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1949 | |||
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Woman in Hiding
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1949 | |||
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Berlin Express
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1948 | |||
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Family Honeymoon
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1948 | |||
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One Touch of Venus
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1948 | |||
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Rogues' Regiment
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1948 | |||
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A Woman's Vengeance
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1947 | |||
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Ivy
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1947 | |||
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Mother Wore Tights
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1947 | |||
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A Stolen Life
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1946 | |||
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London Town
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1946 | |||
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Temptation
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1946 | |||
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Conflict
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1945 | |||
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The Corn Is Green
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1945 | |||
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The Dolly Sisters
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1945 | |||
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Arsenic and Old Lace
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1944 | |||
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Mr. Skeffington
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1944 | |||
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
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1944 | |||
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Old Acquaintance
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1943 | |||
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This Is the Army
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1943 | |||
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Watch on the Rhine
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1943 | |||
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Casablanca
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1942 | |||
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George Washington Slept Here
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1942 | |||
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In This Our Life
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1942 | |||
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Murder in the Big House
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1942 | |||
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Now, Voyager
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1942 | |||
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The Hard Way
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1942 | |||
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Honeymoon for Three
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1941 | |||
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Kings Row
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1941 | |||
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Million Dollar Baby
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1941 | |||
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The Bride Came C.O.D.
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1941 | |||
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The Great Lie
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1941 | |||
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The Little Foxes
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1941 | |||
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The Maltese Falcon
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1941 | |||
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
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1941 | |||
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The Strawberry Blonde
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1941 | |||
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'Til We Meet Again
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1940 | |||
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A Dispatch from Reuters
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1940 | |||
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All This and Heaven Too
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1940 | |||
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My Love Came Back
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1940 | |||
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No Time for Comedy
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1940 | |||
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The Letter
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1940 | |||
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The Sea Hawk
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1940 | |||
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Throwing a Party
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1940 | |||
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Dark Victory
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1939 | |||
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Indianapolis Speedway
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1939 | |||
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Juarez
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1939 | |||
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King of the Underworld
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1939 | |||
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On Your Toes
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1939 | |||
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The Oklahoma Kid
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1939 | |||
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The Old Maid
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1939 | |||
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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1939 | |||
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When Tomorrow Comes
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1939 | |||
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Wings of the Navy
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1939 | |||
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Women in the Wind
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1939 | |||
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Angels With Dirty Faces
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1938 | |||
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Comet over Broadway
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1938 | |||
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Four Daughters
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1938 | |||
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Four's a Crowd
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1938 | |||
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Jezebel
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1938 | |||
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My Bill
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1938 | |||
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Secrets of an Actress
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1938 | |||
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The Sisters
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1938 | |||
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Women Are Like That
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1938 | |||
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Another Dawn
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1937 | |||
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Confession
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1937 | |||
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Ever Since Eve
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1937 | |||
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Green Light
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1937 | |||
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Hollywood Hotel
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1937 | |||
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It's Love I'm After
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1937 | |||
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Kid Galahad
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1937 | |||
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Marked Woman
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1937 | |||
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Stolen Holiday
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1937 | |||
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That Certain Woman
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1937 | |||
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The Go-Getter
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1937 | |||
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The King and the Chorus Girl
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1937 | |||
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The Singing Marine
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1937 | |||
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Cain and Mabel
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1936 | |||
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China Clipper
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1936 | |||
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Colleen
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1936 | |||
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Freshman Love
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1936 | |||
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Give Me Your Heart
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1936 | |||
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Hearts Divided
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1936 | |||
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Isle of Fury
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1936 | |||
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Murder by an Aristocrat
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1936 | |||
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Polo Joe
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1936 | |||
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Satan Met a Lady
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1936 | |||
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Snowed Under
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1936 | |||
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Stage Struck
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1936 | |||
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The Golden Arrow
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1936 | |||
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The Petrified Forest
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1936 | |||
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The Singing Kid
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1936 | |||
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The Walking Dead
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1936 | |||
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The Widow from Monte Carlo
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1936 | |||
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Bright Lights
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1935 | |||
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Ceiling Zero
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1935 | |||
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Dangerous
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1935 | |||
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Devil Dogs of the Air
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1935 | |||
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Frisco Kid
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1935 | |||
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G-Men
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1935 | |||
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Going Highbrow
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1935 | |||
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I Found Stella Parish
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1935 | |||
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I Live for Love
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1935 | |||
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Living on Velvet
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1935 | |||
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Miss Pacific Fleet
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1935 | |||
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Oil for the Lamps of China
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1935 | |||
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Page Miss Glory
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1935 | |||
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Personal Maid's Secret
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1935 | |||
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Shipmates Forever
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1935 | |||
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Stars over Broadway
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1935 | |||
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Stranded
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1935 | |||
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Sweet Adeline
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1935 | |||
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The Case of the Curious Bride
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1935 | |||
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The Girl From Tenth Avenue
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1935 | |||
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The Goose and the Gander
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1935 | |||
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The Irish in Us
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1935 | |||
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The Pay-Off
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1935 | |||
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The Secret Bride
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1935 | |||
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The Traveling Saleslady
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1935 | |||
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The Woman in Red
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1935 | |||
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A Lost Lady
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1934 | |||
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A Modern Hero
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1934 | |||
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A Very Honorable Guy
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1934 | |||
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Dames
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1934 | |||
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Doctor Monica
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1934 | |||
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Easy to Love
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1934 | |||
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Fashions of 1934
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1934 | |||
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Flirtation Walk
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1934 | |||
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Fog over Frisco
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1934 | |||
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Friends of Mr. Sweeney
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1934 | |||
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Gambling Lady
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1934 | |||
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Happiness Ahead
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1934 | |||
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He Was Her Man
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1934 | |||
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Heat Lightning
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1934 | |||
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Here Comes the Navy
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1934 | |||
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I've Got Your Number
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1934 | |||
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Jimmy the Gent
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1934 | |||
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Journal of a Crime
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1934 | |||
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Mandalay
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1934 | |||
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Midnight Alibi
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1934 | |||
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Registered Nurse
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1934 | |||
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Return of the Terror
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1934 | |||
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Side Streets
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1934 | |||
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The Big Shakedown
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1934 | |||
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The Case of the Howling Dog
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1934 | |||
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The Dragon Murder Case
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1934 | |||
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The Merry Wives of Reno
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1934 | |||
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The Personality Kid
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1934 | |||
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The St. Louis Kid
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1934 | |||
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Twenty Million Sweethearts
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1934 | |||
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Upper World
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1934 | |||
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Wonder Bar
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1934 | |||
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20,000 Years in Sing-Sing
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1933 | |||
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42nd Street
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1933 | |||
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Baby Face
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1933 | |||
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Captured
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1933 | |||
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Elmer the Great
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1933 | |||
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Employees' Entrance
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1933 | |||
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Ex-Lady
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1933 | |||
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Female
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1933 | |||
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Frisco Jenny
Costume Designer |
1933 | |||
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Gold Diggers of 1933
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1933 | |||
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Grand Slam
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1933 | |||
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Hard to Handle
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1933 | |||
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Havana Widows
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1933 | |||
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Heroes for Sale
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1933 | |||
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Ladies They Talk About
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1933 | |||
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Lady Killer
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1933 | |||
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Lilly Turner
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1933 | |||
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
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1933 | |||
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Picture Snatcher
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1933 | |||
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The House on 56th Street
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1933 | |||
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The Kennel Murder Case
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1933 | |||
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The Keyhole
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1933 | |||
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The King's Vacation
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1933 | |||
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan
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1933 | |||
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The Mayor of Hell
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1933 | |||
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The Mystery of the Wax Museum
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1933 | |||
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The Working Man
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1933 | |||
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Voltaire
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1933 | |||
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Central Park
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1932 | |||
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I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
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1932 | |||
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One Way Passage
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1932 | |||
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Scarlet Dawn
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1932 | |||
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Silver Dollar
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1932 | |||
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So Big
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1932 | |||
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The Cabin in the Cotton
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1932 | |||
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The Man Who Played God
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1932 | |||
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The Match King
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1932 | |||
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The Rich Are Always with Us
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1932 | |||
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Tiger Shark
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1932 | |||
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Winner Take All
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1932 | |||
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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
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1931 | |||
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Maybe It's Love
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