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83
7.9
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76
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76
/641/
4.0
/36680/
97
/74/
90
/592/

The Lost Weekend (1945)
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
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MGM Plus
82
7.8
/67228/
76
/1363/
74
/897/
4.0
/104285/
99
/104/
90
/1515/
cc age 12+

His Girl Friday (1940)
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
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80
76
7.6
/10744/
73
/246/
72
/174/
3.8
/10407/
100
/10/
84
/102/

The Big Clock (1948)
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.
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Amazon Prime Video
77
72
7.4
/12022/
71
/201/
70
/178/
3.6
/8720/
100
/11/
75
/124/

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
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YouTube TV
74
71
7.1
/13368/
70
/246/
69
/221/
3.5
/9106/
90
/30/
74
/277/
76
/9/
cc age 9+

Father of the Bride (1950)
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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72
64
7.2
/5822/
71
/118/
68
/74/
3.5
/5031/
86
/7/
67
/72/

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
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68
58
6.8
/3954/
69
/115/
65
/74/
3.3
/1505/
85
/13/
59
/51/

Houdini (1953)
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
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68
52
7.0
/4092/
72
/60/
68
/58/
3.3
/1335/
66
/680/

Boom Town (1940)
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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69
48
7.0
/2786/
71
/49/
68
/29/
3.6
/4035/
69
/30/

Come Live with Me (1941)
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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70
44
7.3
/2740/
72
/21/
63
/35/
3.4
/881/
74
/343/

Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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MGM Plus
59
33
6.4
/1863/
61
/34/
56
/28/
3.1
/944/
52
/2284/

The Great Rupert (1950)
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
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67
31
6.7
/1266/
72
/23/
63
/19/
3.3
/643/
71
/37/

Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
poster
70
29
6.8
/1215/
75
/8/
62
/12/
3.3
/365/
82
/877/

Orchestra Wives (1942)
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
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62
28
7.0
/1654/
65
/21/
63
/22/
3.3
/379/
50
/130/

Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.
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57
28
6.4
/1751/
65
/24/
58
/23/
3.2
/784/
35
/55/

Red Light (1949)
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
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60
27
6.5
/606/
47
/7/
63
/32/
3.3
/211/
60
/100/

Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
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55
26
6.5
/1941/
67
/14/
61
/15/
3.2
/714/
33
/6/
45
/22/

Idiot's Delight (1939)
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
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66
24
6.5
/604/
71
/8/
63
/9/
67
/48/

Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
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66
24
6.6
/691/
66
/18/
65
/11/
3.3
/223/
73
/65/

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
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55
24
5.9
/1440/
61
/17/
62
/13/
3.0
/954/
33
/106/

Double Dynamite (1951)
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
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61
23
6.6
/1042/
63
/16/
68
/14/
3.3
/502/
44
/124/

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
poster
64
20
6.6
/1239/
67
/23/
65
/13/
3.4
/877/
57
/9/

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
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57
20
6.1
/943/
57
/19/
56
/15/
3.2
/386/
45
/81/

My Gal Sal (1942)
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
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61
13
6.3
/694/
60
/10/
57
/15/
3.2
/376/

The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
45
13
6.0
/690/
58
/19/
46
/14/
18
/77/

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
poster
MGM Plus
46
12
5.9
/620/
44
/11/
40
/13/
3.1
/230/
25
/1146/

Doll Face (1945)
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
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63
12
6.6
/760/
68
/5/
52
/13/
3.3
/330/

Pillow to Post (1945)
With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the shortage of housing due to the war, Jean needs a military husband to get a place to stay in Clayfield, which is next to Camp Clay. She gets Lt. Mallory to act as her husband just to register. Then things go wrong as his commanding officer is there and believes them to be married. It gets worse as Don's mother shows up and then Jean's father.
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53
11
6.2
/446/
64
/7/
60
/5/
29
/38/

Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
poster
Hoopla
46
11
6.5
/575/
55
/6/
56
/13/
10
/66/

The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
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74
10
6.8
/482/
100
/1/
72
/10/
58
/4/

The Magnificent Dope (1942)
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?
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49
5
5.7
/300/
60
/3/
62
/4/
20
/17/

Broadway Serenade (1939)
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
poster
49
?
5.3
/120/
60
/1/
35
/2/

Prairie Thunder (1937)
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
poster
?
4.8
/19/
55
/2/

A Bird in the Hand (1929)
Frank Orth strikes a conversation with a lady feeding imaginary birds.
poster
?
5.4
/78/
70
/1/

Born to Speed (1947)
The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the backdrop for this dramatic tale of a young driver who decides to follow in his late father's footsteps and win the big race.
poster
?
5.7
/57/
60
/1/

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.
poster
?
6.5
/27/

Unwelcome Stranger (1935)
Horse-breeder Howard Chamberlain has many superstitious quirks but his primary one is that he believes orphans are bad luck and a jinx to be around. This is bad news when 'Gimpy", an orphan, shows up at Chamberlain's horse-ranch in search of a place to stay. But Howard's soft-hearted wife, Madeline, allows the young boy to stay on and work in the barn with the horses. And "Gimpy" breaks Chamberlain's "orphan-jinx" in a big way.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
?
5.6
/148/
60
/3/
45
/6/

Heartaches (1947)
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?
poster
65
?
6.7
/133/
70
/3/
60
/2/

Buyer Beware (1940)
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.
poster
61
?
6.3
/135/
65
/2/

Respect the Law (1941)
Shows how so-called "minor" lawbreakers can do more damage than major criminals.
poster
65
?
5.5
/172/
70
/1/
70
/1/

Land Beyond the Law (1937)
A wild cowboy changes course and becomes a sheriff after his father is murdered.
poster
67
?
6.4
/308/
67
/4/
72
/5/

Gallant Sons (1940)
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
poster
60
?
6.1
/126/
80
/2/
40
/1/

Hot Money (1936)
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
poster
53
?
5.6
/118/
50
/1/

Mr. Chump (1938)
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
poster
56
?
5.9
/491/
57
/4/
53
/6/

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
poster
?
6.7
/59/
60
/1/
70
/1/

Think It Over (1938)
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
poster
72
?
6.4
/395/
75
/2/
64
/4/

The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
poster
?
6.9
/74/

Henry and Dizzy (1942)
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.
poster
61
?
6.5
/345/
60
/2/
60
/5/

Within the Law (1939)
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.


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