David Butler

David Butler

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Butler (December 17, 1894 – June 14, 1979) was an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and television director. Butler was born in San Francisco, California. His mother was an actress and his father was a theater stage manager. His first acting roles were playing extras in stage plays. He later appeared in two D. W. Griffith films, The Girl Who Stayed Home and The Greatest Thing in Life. He also appeared in the 1927 Academy-Award winning film 7th Heaven. The same year, Butler made his directorial debut with High School Hero, a comedy for Fox. During Butler's nine-year tenure at Fox, he directed over thirty films, including four Shirley Temple vehicles. Butler's last film for Fox, Kentucky, won Walter Brennan an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Butler worked with Bing Crosby in Road to Morocco and If I Had My Way. He directed many films starring Doris Day, among them It's a Great Feeling, Tea for Two, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Lullaby of Broadway, April in Paris, and Calamity Jane. During the late '50s and 1960s, Butler directed primarily television episodes, mainly for Leave It to Beaver and Wagon Train. For his contributions to the film industry, Butler was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 with a motion pictures star located at 6561 Hollywood Boulevard.

  • Title: David Butler
  • Popularity: 6.219
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1894-12-16
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: David W. Butler, Dave Butler
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David Butler Movies

  • 1949
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    It's a Great Feeling

    It's a Great Feeling

    5.9 1949 HD

    A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and...

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  • 1922
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    The Village Blacksmith

    The Village Blacksmith

    5.3 1922 HD

    (survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith (Walling) are in love with the same woman (Boardman), whom...

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  • 1923
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    Mary of the Movies

    Mary of the Movies

    1 1923 HD

    Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given...

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  • 1929
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    Salute

    Salute

    4.7 1929 HD

    A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

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  • 1923
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    Hoodman Blind

    Hoodman Blind

    5 1923 HD

    It is a remake of a 1913 film of the same name directed by James Gordon and a 1916 William Farnum Fox feature titled A Man of Sorrow and based on the...

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  • 1921
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    The Sky Pilot

    The Sky Pilot

    5.1 1921 HD

    Arthur Moore, a missionary preacher, attempts to fit into the cowboy community so he can set up a church in the local saloon. Gwen, daughter of the...

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  • 1927
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    The Rush Hour

    The Rush Hour

    1 1927 HD

    Margie Dolan dreams of endless pleasure and adventures abroad, while her sweetheart, Dan Morley, is devoted to his drugstore business and his...

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  • 1927
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    Nobody's Widow

    Nobody's Widow

    1 1927 HD

    Roxanna is married to British official John Clayton, but when she catches John in the apparent embrace of another woman, Roxanna leaves England and...

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  • 1919
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    Nugget Nell

    Nugget Nell

    1 1919 HD

    Big Hearted Jim, the sheriff, loves the tomboyish Nugget Nell ( Dorothy Gish ), who runs a hash house in the mining country, but although she has...

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  • 1926
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    The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

    5.1 1926 HD

    Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war,...

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  • 1925
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    Tracked in the Snow Country

    Tracked in the Snow Country

    1 1925 HD

    When Rin-Tin-Tin's master is found murdered, Rinty is accused of the crime.

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  • 1919
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    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    5 1919 HD

    Social drama about a friendship that is pressurized by class differences.

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  • 1920
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    The County Fair

    The County Fair

    4.7 1920 HD

    "The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the street--unless her niece (who lives with her) marries this...

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  • 1919
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    The Girl Who Stayed at Home

    The Girl Who Stayed at Home

    5.3 1919 HD

    Ralph visits France with his father, a shipbuilder, and falls in love with Blossom, the granddaughter of his father's friend, a Civil war veteran not...

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  • 1927
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    7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

    7.337 1927 HD

    In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall...

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  • 1918
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    The Greatest Thing in Life

    The Greatest Thing in Life

    1 1918 HD

    A lost film. Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young clubman and man-about-town, comes in...

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  • 1927
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    Should Second Husbands Come First?

    Should Second Husbands Come First?

    8.5 1927 HD

    A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.

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  • 1943
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    6.1 1943 HD

    An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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  • 1925
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    Havoc

    Havoc

    1 1925 HD

    A war drama produced only 7 years after the end of World War I. Based on the play by Henry Wallace it chronicles two Englishmen, Dick Chappell...

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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.049 1916 HD

    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

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  • 1925
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    Code of the West

    Code of the West

    1 1925 HD

    Code of the West (1925)

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  • 1915
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    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    6.01 1915 HD

    Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is...

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  • 1926
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    Womanpower

    Womanpower

    1 1926 HD

    Spoiled rich boy Johnny Bromley, goaded by the sneering laughter of the cheap Dot and by his father's open contempt, retires to a prizefighters'...

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  • 1920
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    The Triflers

    The Triflers

    1 1920 HD

    Janet Randall, a department store clerk who longs for a fling at high society, ignores the love of the poor but honest Dan Cassidy. When vacation...

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  • 1919
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    A Petal on the Current

    A Petal on the Current

    1 1919 HD

    A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.

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  • 1920
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    Fickle Women

    Fickle Women

    1 1920 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Arizona Express

    The Arizona Express

    5.6 1924 HD

    A man is framed for the murder of his uncle, a bank president, and sentenced to hang. His sister and a mail clerk who's helping her discover...

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  • 1925
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    The Narrow Street

    The Narrow Street

    1 1925 HD

    Simon Haldane works in the office of the Faulkner Iron Works, but he has been raised by his two maiden aunts in an extremely sheltered manner and is...

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  • 1925
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    The Plastic Age

    The Plastic Age

    5.9 1925 HD

    Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds...

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  • 1923
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    The Temple of Venus

    The Temple of Venus

    1 1923 HD

    Venus, the Goddess of Love (Celeste Lee) sends Cupid to Earth to look for romance.

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  • 1925
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    His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    His Majesty, Bunker Bean

    1 1925 HD

    His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1925 silent film comedy directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Matt Moore. It is based on a 1916 play, His Majesty,...

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  • 1919
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    Better Times

    Better Times

    1 1919 HD

    Ezra Scroggs is a shiftless gambler who has let his hotel, the Lakeview, fall on hard times. Finally his daughter Nancy gets fed up seeing all the...

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  • 1923
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    Poor Men's Wives

    Poor Men's Wives

    1 1923 HD

    Drama of two girls who married into different layers of society.

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  • 1919
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    The Pointing Finger

    The Pointing Finger

    1 1919 HD

    Mary Murphy, the oldest waif in an orphanage, steals a dress and three dollars, then escapes to the city. Grosset, the superintendent of the...

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  • 1926
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    The Quarterback

    The Quarterback

    6 1926 HD

    Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University....

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  • 1923
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    Cause for Divorce

    Cause for Divorce

    1 1923 HD

    David Butler and Fritzi Brunette star in this melodrama about an agricultural student whose wife longs for life in the city.

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  • 1923
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    The Fog

    The Fog

    1 1923 HD

    Silent World War I (WWI) romantic melodrama (based on the novel by William Dudley Pelly) .

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  • 1926
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    Oh, Baby!

    Oh, Baby!

    1 1926 HD

    Billy, a diminutive manager of prizefighters, is priming Jim Stone for the heavyweight championship when Charley Burns (Arthur Graham?) discloses...

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  • 1922
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    According to Hoyle

    According to Hoyle

    1 1922 HD

    "'Boxcar' Simmons, a tramp, represents himself as a mining millionaire in a small town. The population accepts him at his own valuation, and two of...

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  • 1925
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    Wages for Wives

    Wages for Wives

    1 1925 HD

    Nell Bailey, taking a lesson from the married lives of her sister, Luella Logan, and her mother, agrees to marry Danny Kester provided that he will...

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  • 1944
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    The Princess and the Pirate

    The Princess and the Pirate

    6.7 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    Road to Morocco

    Road to Morocco

    6.9 1942 HD

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  • 1929
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    Sunny Side Up

    Sunny Side Up

    7.3 1929 HD

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  • 1949
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    It's a Great Feeling

    It's a Great Feeling

    5.9 1949 HD

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  • 1928
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    Prep and Pep

    Prep and Pep

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1950
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    Tea for Two

    Tea for Two

    6 1950 HD

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  • 1952
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    April in Paris

    April in Paris

    4.9 1952 HD

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  • 1953
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    Calamity Jane

    Calamity Jane

    6.9 1953 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Little Colonel

    The Little Colonel

    6.433 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bright Eyes

    Bright Eyes

    6.6 1934 HD

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  • 1951
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    Lullaby of Broadway

    Lullaby of Broadway

    5.8 1951 HD

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  • 1943
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1939
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    East Side of Heaven

    East Side of Heaven

    7.1 1939 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Story of Seabiscuit

    The Story of Seabiscuit

    5.8 1949 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Littlest Rebel

    The Littlest Rebel

    6.3 1935 HD

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  • 1945
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    San Antonio

    San Antonio

    5.7 1945 HD

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  • 1940
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    You'll Find Out

    You'll Find Out

    5.4 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    You'll Find Out

    You'll Find Out

    5.4 1940 HD

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  • 1930
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    Just Imagine

    Just Imagine

    5.55 1930 HD

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  • 1953
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    By the Light of the Silvery Moon

    By the Light of the Silvery Moon

    5.8 1953 HD

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  • 1928
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    Win That Girl

    Win That Girl

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1954
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    King Richard and the Crusaders

    King Richard and the Crusaders

    6.3 1954 HD

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  • 1936
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    Pigskin Parade

    Pigskin Parade

    5.962 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    If I Had My Way

    If I Had My Way

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    Captain January

    Captain January

    6.7 1936 HD

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  • 1949
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    Look for the Silver Lining

    Look for the Silver Lining

    5.7 1949 HD

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  • 1929
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    Sunny Side Up

    Sunny Side Up

    7.3 1929 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Command

    The Command

    6.2 1954 HD

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  • 1937
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    Ali Baba Goes to Town

    Ali Baba Goes to Town

    6.067 1937 HD

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  • 1943
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    They Got Me Covered

    They Got Me Covered

    5.9 1943 HD

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  • 1941
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    Caught in the Draft

    Caught in the Draft

    5.8 1941 HD

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  • 1952
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    Where's Charley?

    Where's Charley?

    10 1952 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Time, The Place and The Girl

    The Time, The Place and The Girl

    5.4 1946 HD

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  • 1931
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    A Connecticut Yankee

    A Connecticut Yankee

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Girl He Left Behind

    The Girl He Left Behind

    4 1956 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

    The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

    5 1950 HD

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  • 1931
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    Delicious

    Delicious

    6.2 1931 HD

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  • 1938
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    Kentucky

    Kentucky

    5.727 1938 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bottoms Up

    Bottoms Up

    4.3 1934 HD

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  • 1956
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    Glory

    Glory

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1939
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    That's Right – You're Wrong

    That's Right – You're Wrong

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    Doubting Thomas

    Doubting Thomas

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1932
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    Down To Earth

    Down To Earth

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1955
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    Jump Into Hell

    Jump Into Hell

    4 1955 HD

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  • 1941
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    Playmates

    Playmates

    5.2 1941 HD

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  • 1947
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    My Wild Irish Rose

    My Wild Irish Rose

    6 1947 HD

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  • 1938
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    Straight, Place and Show

    Straight, Place and Show

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1932
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    Business and Pleasure

    Business and Pleasure

    4 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    Kentucky Moonshine

    Kentucky Moonshine

    5.3 1938 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Right Approach

    The Right Approach

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1944
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    Shine on Harvest Moon

    Shine on Harvest Moon

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1934
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    Have a Heart

    Have a Heart

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1946
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    Two Guys from Milwaukee

    Two Guys from Milwaukee

    4.8 1946 HD

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  • 1948
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    Two Guys from Texas

    Two Guys from Texas

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1951
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    Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

    Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

    4.5 1951 HD

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  • 1933
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    My Weakness

    My Weakness

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1949
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    John Loves Mary

    John Loves Mary

    4.8 1949 HD

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  • 1936
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    White Fang

    White Fang

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    You're a Sweetheart

    You're a Sweetheart

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1929
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    Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

    Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

    3 1929 HD

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  • 1929
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    Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

    Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

    3 1929 HD

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  • 1930
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    High Society Blues

    High Society Blues

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1930
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    High Society Blues

    High Society Blues

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1929
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    Masked Emotions

    Masked Emotions

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bottoms Up

    Bottoms Up

    4.3 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bottoms Up

    Bottoms Up

    4.3 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bright Eyes

    Bright Eyes

    6.6 1934 HD

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  • 1927
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    High School Hero

    High School Hero

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    High School Hero

    High School Hero

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1939
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    East Side of Heaven

    East Side of Heaven

    7.1 1939 HD

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  • 1929
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    Salute

    Salute

    4.7 1929 HD

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  • 1967
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    C'mon, Let's Live a Little

    C'mon, Let's Live a Little

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1940
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    You'll Find Out

    You'll Find Out

    5.4 1940 HD

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  • 2010
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    Edgar Floats

    Edgar Floats

    1 2010 HD

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  • 1934
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    Handy Andy

    Handy Andy

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1940
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    If I Had My Way

    If I Had My Way

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    If I Had My Way

    If I Had My Way

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1934
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    Have a Heart

    Have a Heart

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    Handle with Care

    Handle with Care

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Handle with Care

    Handle with Care

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1939
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    That's Right – You're Wrong

    That's Right – You're Wrong

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    That's Right – You're Wrong

    That's Right – You're Wrong

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1933
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    Hold Me Tight

    Hold Me Tight

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1956
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    Prima Donna

    Prima Donna

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1970
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    8.4 1970 HD

    A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

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  • 1970
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    5.7 1970 HD

    The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The...

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  • 1970
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    5.2 1970 HD

    Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption...

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  • 1970
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    7.028 1970 HD

    Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and...

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  • 1970
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    6.2 1970 HD

    The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry...

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  • 1970
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    5.3 1970 HD

    Overland Trail was a short lived television western about the adventures of an earthy stage coach line superintendent and his young partner as they...

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

    Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The...

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