Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The daughter of a former Metropolitan Opera singer, John Rutherford, and her actress mother, Lillian Mansfield, Ann was destined for show business. Not long after her birth, her family moved to California, where she made her stage debut in 1925. Ann appeared in many plays and on radio for the next nine years before making her first screen appearance in Waterfront Lady (1935). Ann's talent was readily apparent, and she was signed to three films in 1935: Waterfront Lady (1935), Melody Trail (1935), and The Fighting Marines (1935). By now, she was a leading lady in the fabled Westerns with two legends, John Wayne and Gene Autry. By the time Ann was 17, she inked a deal with MGM, where she would gain the status of superstar for her portrayal of Polly Benedict in the popular Andy Hardy series with Mickey Rooney. Ann's first role as Polly was in 1938, in You're Only Young Once (1937). Three more Hardy films were produced that same year: Out West with the Hardys (1938), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), and Judge Hardy's Children (1938). Ann found time to play in other productions, too. One that is still loved today is the Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol (1938), in which she played the sweet role of the Spirit of Christmas Past. In 1939, Ann played the role of Annie Hawks in Of Human Hearts (1938) in addition to three more Andy Hardy films. But that year also saw Ann land a role in the most popular film in film history. She played Careen O'Hara, Scarlett's little sister, in Gone with the Wind (1939). Plenty of fans of the Andy Hardy series went to see it just for Ann. The film was unquestionably a super hit. Ann then resumed making other movies. While working for MGM, Ann, along with the other stars, was under the watchful eye of movie mogul Louis B. Mayer. The bottom line was profit, and Mayer kept performers' salaries minimized as much as possible. Most tried to get raises and failed. Even Mickey Rooney was decidedly underpaid during his glory years at MGM. But not Ann Rutherford. When she asked for a raise, she took out her bankbook and, showing him the amount it contained, told Mayer she had promised her mother a new house. Ann got her raise. In 1942 at the age of 22, Ann appeared in her last Andy Hardy film, Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942). She then left MGM and freelanced her talent. Ann was still in demand. In 1943, she appeared in Happy Land (1943), but it was a little later in her career when she appeared in two big hits. In 1947, she played Gertrude Griswold in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and Donna Elena in Adventures of Don Juan in 1948. After that, Ann appeared in several TV programs and didn't return to the silver screen until 1972, in They Only Kill Their Masters (1972). Her last role came in 1976 in the dismal Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), whereupon she retired. Ann was approached to play the older Rose in 1998's mega hit Titanic (1997) but turned it down. She happily enjoyed her retirement being constantly deluged with fan mail and granting several interviews and appearances. Ann Rutherford died at her Beverly Hills home on June 11, 2012 with her close friend Anne Jeffreys by her side. She was 94 years old.

  • Title: Ann Rutherford
  • Popularity: 6.736
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1917-11-02
  • Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Therese Ann Rutherford
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Ann Rutherford Movies

  • 1939
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    Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    7.941 1939 HD

    The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and...

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  • 1946
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    Inside Job

    Inside Job

    5.6 1946 HD

    A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it...

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  • 1938
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    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    7.051 1938 HD

    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

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  • 1948
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    Adventures of Don Juan

    Adventures of Don Juan

    6.4 1948 HD

    Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under...

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  • 1947
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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    6.7 1947 HD

    Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream...

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  • 1946
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    The Madonna's Secret

    The Madonna's Secret

    5.9 1946 HD

    This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who...

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  • 1945
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    Her Favorite Patient

    Her Favorite Patient

    5.8 1945 HD

    A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and...

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  • 1942
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    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    4.6 1942 HD

    Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for...

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  • 1942
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    Orchestra Wives

    Orchestra Wives

    5.8 1942 HD

    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,...

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  • 1945
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    Two O'Clock Courage

    Two O'Clock Courage

    6.2 1945 HD

    A cab driver nearly hits a man with amnesia, then helps him unravel his past, only to discover he's a murder suspect as she falls for him.

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  • 1941
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    Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

    Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

    5.3 1941 HD

    All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge...

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  • 1941
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    Life Begins for Andy Hardy

    Life Begins for Andy Hardy

    5.7 1941 HD

    With his high school graduation behind him, Andy Hardy decides that as an adult, it's time to start living his life. Judge Hardy had hoped that his...

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  • 1940
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    Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

    Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

    5.1 1940 HD

    Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and...

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  • 1940
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    Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    6.886 1940 HD

    Mrs. Bennet wishes to wed her five unmarried daughters and is overjoyed when a wealthy bachelor begins living nearby, but misunderstandings make...

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  • 1939
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    Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

    Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

    5.5 1939 HD

    Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as...

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  • 1938
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    Love Finds Andy Hardy

    Love Finds Andy Hardy

    6.1 1938 HD

    Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.

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  • 1972
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    They Only Kill Their Masters

    They Only Kill Their Masters

    5.3 1972 HD

    An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of...

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  • 1942
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    Flag of Mercy

    Flag of Mercy

    1 1942 HD

    The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War...

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  • 1942
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    The Courtship of Andy Hardy

    The Courtship of Andy Hardy

    5.6 1942 HD

    While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.

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  • 1941
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    Whistling in the Dark

    Whistling in the Dark

    5.8 1941 HD

    The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's...

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  • 1942
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    Whistling in Dixie

    Whistling in Dixie

    5 1942 HD

    Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs,...

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  • 1943
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    Whistling in Brooklyn

    Whistling in Brooklyn

    6.3 1943 HD

    Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.

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  • 1941
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    Badlands of Dakota

    Badlands of Dakota

    5.6 1941 HD

    In the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, brothers Jim and Bob Holliday are bumping heads over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson....

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  • 1942
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    This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

    6 1942 HD

    A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

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  • 1938
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    Out West with the Hardys

    Out West with the Hardys

    6.333 1938 HD

    Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.

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  • 1939
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    Judge Hardy and Son

    Judge Hardy and Son

    5.3 1939 HD

    Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.

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  • 1936
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    The Lawless Nineties

    The Lawless Nineties

    5.278 1936 HD

    Federal Agents Tipton and Bridger have been sent to Wyoming where the vote on statehood is imminent. Plummer and his gang are out to make sure the...

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  • 1946
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    Murder in the Music Hall

    Murder in the Music Hall

    4.6 1946 HD

    An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

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  • 1939
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    Four Girls in White

    Four Girls in White

    6.3 1939 HD

    Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.

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  • 1938
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    Of Human Hearts

    Of Human Hearts

    5.8 1938 HD

    This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who...

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  • 1940
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    The Ghost Comes Home

    The Ghost Comes Home

    5 1940 HD

    Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.

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  • 1937
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    You're Only Young Once

    You're Only Young Once

    5.5 1937 HD

    Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

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  • 1936
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    The Lonely Trail

    The Lonely Trail

    4.9 1936 HD

    Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the...

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  • 1935
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    The Singing Vagabond

    The Singing Vagabond

    7 1935 HD

    Tex rides to the rescue when badguys led by LaCrosse and Utah Joe kidnap Lettie.

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  • 1935
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    Waterfront Lady

    Waterfront Lady

    5.5 1935 HD

    When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he...

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  • 1937
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    Public Cowboy No. 1

    Public Cowboy No. 1

    5.7 1937 HD

    Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks...

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  • 1935
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    The Fighting Marines

    The Fighting Marines

    6 1935 HD

    Corporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival for the love of Frances Schiller, but team up to hunt...

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  • 1950
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    Operation Haylift

    Operation Haylift

    5 1950 HD

    A pilot devises a plan to airlift hay to thousands of ranch cattle stranded and dying due to severe winter weather.

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1938
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    Dramatic School

    Dramatic School

    6.2 1938 HD

    Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at...

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  • 1939
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    These Glamour Girls

    These Glamour Girls

    5.5 1939 HD

    A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to...

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  • 1936
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    Down to the Sea

    Down to the Sea

    4.5 1936 HD

    Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl, and only one will survive.

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  • 1935
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    Melody Trail

    Melody Trail

    4.7 1935 HD

    Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.

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  • 1936
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    Comin' 'Round the Mountain

    Comin' 'Round the Mountain

    1 1936 HD

    His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.

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  • 1936
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    The Harvester

    The Harvester

    1 1936 HD

    In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the...

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  • 1938
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    Judge Hardy's Children

    Judge Hardy's Children

    6.3 1938 HD

    Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

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  • 1941
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    Washington Melodrama

    Washington Melodrama

    5 1941 HD

    An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself...

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  • 1937
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    The Devil Is Driving

    The Devil Is Driving

    1 1937 HD

    In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly...

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  • 1936
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    Doughnuts and Society

    Doughnuts and Society

    1 1936 HD

    Kate Flannagan and Belle Dugan operate a downtown coffee shop and, while dispensing their locally-famous doughnuts, engage in their favorite pastime,...

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  • 1940
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    Keeping Company

    Keeping Company

    6.4 1940 HD

    Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

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  • 1940
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    Wyoming

    Wyoming

    5.9 1940 HD

    With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.

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  • 1939
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    The Hardys Ride High

    The Hardys Ride High

    6 1939 HD

    Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2...

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  • 1939
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    Dancing Co-Ed

    Dancing Co-Ed

    6.2 1939 HD

    After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college...

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  • 1936
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    The Oregon Trail

    The Oregon Trail

    1 1936 HD

    Army Captain takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father.....

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  • 1937
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    Espionage

    Espionage

    6.5 1937 HD

    Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

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  • 1940
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    Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

    Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

    1 1940 HD

    Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for...

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  • 1944
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    Bermuda Mystery

    Bermuda Mystery

    6 1944 HD

    A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.

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  • 1939
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    Angel of Mercy

    Angel of Mercy

    6 1939 HD

    This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.

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  • 1936
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    Annie Laurie

    Annie Laurie

    5 1936 HD

    In late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans are on opposite sides of the country's civil war....

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  • 1937
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    Carnival in Paris

    Carnival in Paris

    6 1937 HD

    In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.

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  • 1934
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    Student Tour

    Student Tour

    5 1934 HD

    A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.

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  • 1943
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    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    7 1943 HD

    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

    This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance...

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  • 1940
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    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    5.5 1940 HD

    This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother...

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  • 1976
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    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

    4.1 1976 HD

    A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

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  • 1988
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    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    8 1988 HD

    This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.

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  • 1944
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    Take It or Leave It

    Take It or Leave It

    4 1944 HD

    A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.

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  • 2009
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    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    7.5 2009 HD

    This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.

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  • 1937
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    The Bride Wore Red

    The Bride Wore Red

    6.7 1937 HD

    A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.

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  • 1972
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    The Bob Newhart Show

    The Bob Newhart Show

    7.4 1972 HD

    The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972,...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    3 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1958
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    The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show

    6.3 1958 HD

    Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.6 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    5.2 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1957
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    Panic!

    Panic!

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

    An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    3 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    3 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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