Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Lovely Madge Evans was the perennial nice girl in films of the 1930s. By then, she had been in front of the camera for many years, starting with Fairy Soap commercials at the age of two (she sat on a bar of soap holding a bunch of violets with the tag line reading "have you a little fairy in your home?"). 'Baby Madge' also lent her name to a children's hat company. In 1914, aged five, she was picked out by talent scouts to appear in the William Farnum movie The Sign of the Cross (1914), followed by The Seven Sisters (1915) with Marguerite Clark. By the end of the following year, she had amassed some twenty film credits, appearing with such noted contemporary stars as Pauline Frederick or Alice Brady. All of her early films were made on the East Coast, at studios in Ft.Lee, New Jersey. In 1917 (aged eight), Madge made her Broadway debut in 'Peter Ibbetson' with John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. She resumed her stage career in 1926 as an ingenue with 'Daisy Mayme' and the following year appeared with Billie Burke in Noel Coward's costume drama 'The Marquise' (1927). Her pleasing looks and personality soon attracted the attention of Hollywood and she was eventually signed by MGM in 1931. During the next decade, she appeared in several A-grade productions, notably as Lionel Barrymore's daughter in MGM's Dinner at Eight (1933) and as the dependable Agnes Wickfield in one of the best-ever filmed versions of David Copperfield (1935). She co-starred opposite James Cagney in the gangster movie The Mayor of Hell (1933), Spencer Tracy in The Show-Off (1934) and listened to Bing Crosby crooning the title song in Pennies from Heaven (1936). Madge received praise for her performance as the star of Beauty for Sale (1933) and The New York Times review of January 13 1934 described her acting in Fugitive Lovers (1934) (opposite Robert Montgomery ) as 'spontaneous and captivating'. Many of her 'typical American girl' roles did not allow her to express aspects of the greater acting range she undoubtedly possessed. Too often she was cast as the 'nice girl' - and those rarely make much of a dramatic impact. On the few occasions she was assigned the role of 'other woman' , such as the Helen Hayes-starrer What Every Woman Knows (1934), audiences found her character difficult to believe and disassociate from her all-round wholesome image. When her contract with MGM expired in 1937, Madge wound down her film career and, following her 1939 marriage, concentrated on being the wife of celebrated playwright Sidney Kingsley. She last appeared on stage in one of his plays, "The Patriots", in 1943.

  • Title : Madge Evans
  • Popularity : 2.745
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1909-07-01
  • Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As : Margherita Evans, Madge Evans Kingsley, Margherita "Madge" Evans
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Madge Evans Movies

  • 1917
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    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    1 1917 HD

    Madge Evans, World Film Corp. juvenile star, is sent to her Quaker grandparents, Timothy and Tabitha Mendenhall, when her father and mother go to...

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  • 1930
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    The Bard of Broadway

    The Bard of Broadway

    1 1930 HD

    Newspaper columnist helps finishing school students get out of trouble after the night club in which they go to see him is raided.

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  • 1935
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    The Tunnel

    The Tunnel

    5.3 1935 HD

    An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.

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  • 1932
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    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    The Greeks Had a Word for Them

    4.8 1932 HD

    A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they...

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  • 1935
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    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    6.561 1935 HD

    Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.

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  • 1933
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    Dinner at Eight

    Dinner at Eight

    6.7 1933 HD

    An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of...

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  • 1918
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    True Blue

    True Blue

    1 1918 HD

    True Blue begins with the marriage of black-sheep British nobleman Gilbert Brockhurst to the daughter of a Western rancher. When he learns that he...

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  • 1935
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    Helldorado

    Helldorado

    1 1935 HD

    Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to...

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  • 1931
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    Heartbreak

    Heartbreak

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1933
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    Broadway to Hollywood

    Broadway to Hollywood

    4.6 1933 HD

    In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

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  • 1933
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    The Mayor of Hell

    The Mayor of Hell

    7.1 1933 HD

    Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed...

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  • 1918
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    Love Net

    Love Net

    1 1918 HD

    Little Patty Barnes lives with her grandfather, Captain Amos Barnes, in a rickety shack on the New England coast. The wealthy Mrs. Gaythorne, who...

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  • 1934
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    Death on the Diamond

    Death on the Diamond

    7 1934 HD

    Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the...

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  • 1916
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    The New South

    The New South

    1 1916 HD

    The New South is a silent 1916 drama.

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  • 1933
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    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

    7.5 1933 HD

    A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.

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  • 1933
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    The Nuisance

    The Nuisance

    5 1933 HD

    Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans,...

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  • 1936
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    Piccadilly Jim

    Piccadilly Jim

    6.5 1936 HD

    Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with...

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  • 1931
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    Guilty Hands

    Guilty Hands

    5.8 1931 HD

    A district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.

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  • 1938
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    Sinners in Paradise

    Sinners in Paradise

    5.3 1938 HD

    The survivors from a plane crash are washed up on an island where the only inhabitants are Mr. Taylor and his servant, Ping. The mismatched group...

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  • 1932
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    Are You Listening?

    Are You Listening?

    5 1932 HD

    WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and...

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  • 1936
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    Exclusive Story

    Exclusive Story

    6.5 1936 HD

    A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.

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  • 1931
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    Son of India

    Son of India

    5 1931 HD

    An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

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  • 1933
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    Day of Reckoning

    Day of Reckoning

    5 1933 HD

    In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a...

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  • 1937
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    The Thirteenth Chair

    The Thirteenth Chair

    5.8 1937 HD

    A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.

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  • 1931
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    West of Broadway

    West of Broadway

    6 1931 HD

    A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just...

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  • 1918
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    Wanted, A Mother

    Wanted, A Mother

    1 1918 HD

    Neglected by her grief-stricken father, a doctor, after the tragic death of his wife, little Eileen Homer changes the wording of her father's ad for...

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  • 1932
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    Lovers Courageous

    Lovers Courageous

    5.8 1932 HD

    A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

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  • 1933
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    Made on Broadway

    Made on Broadway

    6.5 1933 HD

    A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway press agent who has his own private club where he...

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  • 1933
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    Beauty for Sale

    Beauty for Sale

    7 1933 HD

    A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of...

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  • 1936
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    Pennies from Heaven

    Pennies from Heaven

    6.857 1936 HD

    Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promises an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be...

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  • 1938
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    Army Girl

    Army Girl

    6 1938 HD

    A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to...

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  • 1932
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    Huddle

    Huddle

    6.6 1932 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    Moonlight Murder

    Moonlight Murder

    5 1936 HD

    An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

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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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  • 1934
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    Fugitive Lovers

    Fugitive Lovers

    6 1934 HD

    In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her...

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  • 1933
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    Hell Below

    Hell Below

    6.3 1933 HD

    On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander....

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  • 1935
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    Age of Indiscretion

    Age of Indiscretion

    5.2 1935 HD

    A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with...

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  • 1934
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    What Every Woman Knows

    What Every Woman Knows

    7 1934 HD

    Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must...

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  • 1923
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    On the Banks of the Wabash

    On the Banks of the Wabash

    1 1923 HD

    An inventor, David Hammond is the son of a ship's captain. He leaves his sweetheart, Lisbeth Bixler, and goes to the city to promote his invention....

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  • 1934
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    The Show-Off

    The Show-Off

    5.7 1934 HD

    Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent...

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  • 1931
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    Sporting Blood

    Sporting Blood

    5.5 1931 HD

    A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.

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  • 1932
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    Fast Life

    Fast Life

    8.3 1932 HD

    Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor...

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  • 1961
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    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    3.3 1961 HD

    Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in...

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  • 1935
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    Calm Yourself

    Calm Yourself

    4.5 1935 HD

    A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help clients solve their unusual and problematic situations.

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  • 1918
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    Stolen Orders

    Stolen Orders

    1 1918 HD

    A renegade American and his innocent daughter become entangled in the snares of German secret agents during the First World War.

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  • 1918
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    The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

    1 1918 HD

    In order to help her poverty-stricken family, Jonnie Consadine, a strong-willed young woman from the Blue Ridge Mountains, comes to the city and...

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  • 1934
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    Paris Interlude

    Paris Interlude

    3.5 1934 HD

    Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...

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  • 1917
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    The Web of Desire

    The Web of Desire

    1 1917 HD

    When his wife Grace inherits her father's stock, John Miller, the president of the Western Power and Development Company, becomes a millionaire and...

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  • 1935
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    Men Without Names

    Men Without Names

    6 1935 HD

    A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

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  • 1916
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    The Hidden Scar

    The Hidden Scar

    1 1916 HD

    Janet Hall (Ethel Clayton) is "wronged" by Henry Dalton (Montagu Love) and becomes pregnant. She has the child and begs Dalton to marry her but he...

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  • 1916
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    Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

    1 1916 HD

    When Doris Baker spends her husband Dick into serious debt, he embezzles funds from the bank where he works to cover some speculative investments. He...

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  • 1916
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    The Revolt

    The Revolt

    1 1916 HD

    Silent film drama...

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  • 1924
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    Classmates

    Classmates

    1 1924 HD

    Duncan, the son of a village postmaster, is in love with Sylvia, daughter of a rich and snobbish family. He enrolls at West Point but ends up having...

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  • 1916
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    The Devil's Toy

    The Devil's Toy

    1 1916 HD

    The Devil's Toy is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Adele Blood, Edwin Stevens and Montagu Love.

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  • 1934
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    Grand Canary

    Grand Canary

    4.1 1934 HD

    Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 1934
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    Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

    4.8 1934 HD

    President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering...

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  • 1930
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    Envy

    Envy

    1 1930 HD

    Two bored couples think they can find happiness if they exchange spouses for the evening.

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  • 1916
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    Seventeen

    Seventeen

    1 1916 HD

    Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle...

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  • 1915
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    The Seven Sisters

    The Seven Sisters

    2 1915 HD

    Mici is the middle of seven sisters, who all believe if a younger sister marries first, the oldest sisters all doomed to be old maids. The elder...

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  • 1919
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    Three Green Eyes

    Three Green Eyes

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Golden Wall

    The Golden Wall

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Burglar

    The Burglar

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Corner Grocer

    The Corner Grocer

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Beloved Adventuress

    Beloved Adventuress

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1916
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    Sudden Riches

    Sudden Riches

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1917
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    Maternity

    Maternity

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Master Hand

    The Master Hand

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1950
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    Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

    5.5 1950 HD

    Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC, from February 25, 1950, until June 5,...

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  • 1955
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    The Alcoa Hour

    The Alcoa Hour

    4 1955 HD

    The Alcoa Hour is an American anthology television series that was aired live on NBC from 1955 to 1957. The series was sponsored by Alcoa.

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  • 1955
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    Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

    4.6 1955 HD

    Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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