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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Actor 1889 - 1962

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Snub Pollard (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s. Born Harold Fraser, in Melbourne, Australia on 9 November 1889, he began performing with Pollard's Lilliputian Opera... Read full bio →

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

John Ford 1962 2h 3m 8.3

Coming home for a friend funeral, a senator tells his story.

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

Frank Capra 1961 2h 16m 5.5

How can a drunken beggar in just one night become a High-Society woman? This type of thing only happens in fairytales. Or maybe in Hollywood.

One-Eyed Jacks

One-Eyed Jacks

Marlon Brando 1961 2h 21m 7.3

Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the stolen gold and leave his partner Rio to be captured. Years later, Rio escapes from the prison where he has been since, and hunts down Dad for revenge. Dad is now a respectable sheriff in California, and has been living in fear of Rio's return.

Master of the World

Master of the World

William Witney 1961 1h 42m 6.0

In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.

Homicidal

Homicidal

William Castle 1961 1h 27m 6.0

A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father.

Who Was That Lady?

Who Was That Lady?

George Sidney 1960 1h 55m 6.0

Ill-advised by his pal Mike Haney, chem teacher David Wilson falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent to hide his infidelity. His jealous wife Ann swallows this lie, but it gets him in trouble with the real FBI, the CIA, and the KGB.

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

Stanley Kramer 1960 2h 8m 7.6

This gripping adaptation of the Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee play examines an issue that still causes great controversy: the role religion should play in the schools.

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail

Gene Fowler Jr. 1959 1h 26m

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory.

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

George Seaton 1958 2h 7.0

A rugged city editor (Clark Gable) poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor (Doris Day).

The Tin Star

The Tin Star

Anthony Mann 1957 1h 33m 8.0

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

Pal Joey

Pal Joey

George Sidney 1957 1h 51m 6.0

An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

Man of a Thousand Faces

Man of a Thousand Faces

Joseph Pevney 1957 2h 2m 6.0

Makeup genius and actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney) marries two women (Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer) and stars in silent classics like "The Phantom of the Opera."

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

George Sidney 1957 1h 49m

Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

William Wyler 1956 2h 17m 8.0

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

Otto Preminger 1955 1h 59m 7.4

Frankie is a heroin addict and sits in prison. He wants a different life but the rehabilitation isn’t as easy as he had thought. Director Otto Preminger films one of the first social studies of an addict in this 1955 film.

The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious

John Ireland, Edward Sampson 1955 1h 16m 5.5

A man wrongly imprisoned for murder breaks out of jail. He wants to clear his name, but with the police pursuing him...

Pete Kelly's Blues

Pete Kelly's Blues

Jack Webb 1955 1h 35m 6.0

In 1927 Kansas City Pete Kelly and his jazz band play nightly at a speakeasy. A local gangster starts to move in on them and when their drummer is killed Kelly gives in...

The Country Girl

The Country Girl

George Seaton 1954 1h 44m 7.0

The 1954 musical film based on the play by the same name. Actress Grace Kelly won an Academy Award for Best Actress. The film tells the story of an ex-theater actor who is given one more chance to star in a musical yet his alcoholism may prevent it from happening.

Living It Up

Living It Up

Norman Taurog 1954 1h 34m 6.0

Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris, diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1953 2h 1m 8.0

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly 1952 1h 43m 8.6

Hollywood's attempts to move from the 'silent' era to the 'Talkies' are not going as planned.

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

George Sidney 1952 1h 50m 9.0
Park Row

Park Row

Samuel Fuller 1952 1h 23m 8.0

In New York's 1880's newspaper district a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger papers and its newspaper heiress owner.

Limelight

Limelight

Charlie Chaplin 1952 2h 17m 8.5

Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.

Carrie

Carrie

William Wyler 1952 1h 58m 7.5

Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly-paid factory work. That is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook...

The Company She Keeps

The Company She Keeps

John Cromwell 1951 1h 22m

A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Otto Preminger 1950 1h 35m 8.3

Tough NYC police detective Dixon misses out on a promotion because of his record of roughing up suspects. When accidentally kills a suspect in a murder case he plants clues to absolve himself. But when the father of a woman he recently fell in love is accused of the crime his plan looks like back firing.

Walk Softly, Stranger

Walk Softly, Stranger

Robert Stevenson 1950 1h 22m

Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.

The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

Henry King 1950 1h 25m 7.7

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Stars in My Crown

Stars in My Crown

Jacques Tourneur 1950 1h 30m 8.0

An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.

The Lady Gambles

The Lady Gambles

Michael Gordon 1949 1h 39m 6.0

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction.

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

George Cukor 1949 1h 41m 8.3

Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play Adam and Amanda Bonner, a husband-and-wife attorney team, both drawn to a case of attempted murder.

A Woman's Secret

A Woman's Secret

Nicholas Ray 1949 1h 24m 7.0

Susan is laying in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up her singing.

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado

Henry Levin 1948 1h 40m 6.0

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.

Red River

Red River

Howard Hawks 1948 2h 13m 8.0

Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

Jean Negulesco 1948 1h 42m 8.5

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

Back Trail

Back Trail

Christy Cabanne 1948 57m

Rancher Terry Dugan returns to Brentwood, ans is met by his sweetheart Helen Frazer and Cahoose. Unknown to Helen, her dad, town banker Bob Frazer is being blackmailed by Frank Gilmore into revealing routes of stages carrying payrolls.

Trail Street

Trail Street

Ray Enright 1947 1h 24m 6.0

Bat Masterson (Randolph Scott) cleans up Liberal, Kansas. Ray Enright's 1947 western also stars Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, Steve Brodie, George "Gabby" Hayes and Billy House.

Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain

Lew Landers 1947 1h

Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and tries to kill Hayden. When he fails he kills Chick Jorth with a rock. As Hayden does not carry a gun and the two had argued earlier, Hayden is arrested for the murder.

The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

George Marshall 1947 1h 36m 4.0

Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials.

The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case

Alfred Hitchcock 1947 1h 54m 7.6

The beautiful Mrs. Paradine is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband. She hires married Anthony Keane as her lawyer and when he begins to fall in love with her, she encourages him.

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

George Seaton 1947 1h 36m 7.4

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus while others question his sanity.

Framed

Framed

Richard Wallace 1947 1h 22m 6.7

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Desperate

Desperate

Anthony Mann 1947 1h 13m 7.3

An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.

Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By

Richard Whorf 1946 2h 16m 6.0

Songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern is unable to find immediate success in the U.S. He sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale.

Strange Impersonation

Strange Impersonation

Anthony Mann 1946 1h 8m 8.0

A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.

Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny

Dudley Nichols 1946 1h 56m

True story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance for her polio-treatment methods.

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

Jacques Tourneur 1946 1h 32m 7.5

Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.

Badman's Territory

Badman's Territory

Tim Whelan 1946 1h 37m

Sheriff Mark Rowley and his brother John find themselves in an annexed area of Indian Territory which is home to notorious outlaws like Jesse James and Sam Bass.

State Fair

State Fair

Walter Lang 1945 1h 40m 7.0

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel (Charles Winninger) has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa (Fay Bainter) enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.

Road to Utopia

Road to Utopia

Hal Walker 1945 1h 30m 5.0

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself.

Kitty

Kitty

Mitchell Leisen 1945 1h 43m

London, 1783: Kitty, a saucy wench of the slums, meets the painter Gainsborough by stealing his shoes. He paints her as an "anonymous lady" who excites the interest of his noble friends, notably penniless Sir Hugh Marcy, who schemes to pass Kitty off as a genuine lady (a formidable task) and marry her off for financial gain.

The Conspirators

The Conspirators

Jean Negulesco 1944 1h 41m

A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

Preston Sturges 1944 1h 41m

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure.

The Kid Rides Again

The Kid Rides Again

Sam Newfield 1943 55m

In this western, Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.

Kid Dynamite

Kid Dynamite

Wallace Fox 1943 1h 6m 5.0

The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.

Ghosts on the Loose

Ghosts on the Loose

William Beaudine 1943 1h 7m 6.0

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

Lewis Milestone 1943 1h 59m 7.0

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn.

Clancy Street Boys

Clancy Street Boys

William Beaudine 1943 1h 6m

Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits the members of the gang to pose as his family. Things turn sour, however, when a local mobster finds out about Muggs' deception and threatens to expose it.

The Pay Off

The Pay Off

Arthur Dreifuss 1942 1h 14m

The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.

Bowery at midnight

Bowery at midnight

Wallace Fox 1942 1h 2m 5.3

Soup kitchen operator and criminologist Bela Lugosi operates a soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of robberies and murders.

Boot Hill Bandits

Boot Hill Bandits

S. Roy Luby 1942 58m

Bolton's men blow up the wagon carrying the mine payroll and Marshal Crash Corrigan is supposedly killed in the explosion. A man finds his badge and gives it to Bolton. Thinking Crash dead, Bolton gives the badge away and it ends up with the Sheriff.

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

Wallace Fox 1942 1h 1m

The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real killer. The killer, however, used a baseball bat as his murder weapon, and the bat has the fingerprints of one of the gang on it.

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail

Spencer Gordon Bennet 1941 59m

Singing cowboy Tex Ritter and his sidekick, Slim Andrews, star in this musical Western about a couple of Texas Rangers who defend the citizens of a small territory from power-hungry outlaws. Villain Bradley Craven (Forrest Taylor) is determined to stop the election process that would allow the region to join the Union.

Sky Bandits

Sky Bandits

Ralph Staub 1940 1h 2m

Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has devised a power ray which disrupts electrical impulses, and Morgan and his gang of crooks has brought in Prof.

Murder on the Yukon

Murder on the Yukon

Louis J. Gasnier 1940 58m

Two Mounties find the body of a man who has just been murdered. They follow the trail to a cabin, where they are attacked by the murderer's gang.

Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

Albert Herman 1938 1h 1m 4.0

Tex returns to Santa Fe to find his Mother murdered. Foster runs the town and all crimes committed by his gang are blamed on Rogel and his men. He makes Tex Marshal but this backfires when Tex enlists Rogel and his men and goes after Foster who he now knows is responsible for his Mother's death.

Utah Trail

Utah Trail

Albert Herman 1938 56m 5.0

Tex and his sidekicks arrive to help out his friend Jeffers, a railroad owner, only to find that he has been killed. They quickly run into trouble with an outlaw gang in their attempt to find the mysterious ghost train that supposedly runs on Jeffer's line.

Rollin' Plains

Rollin' Plains

Albert Herman 1938 56m 5.0

It's cattlemen versus sheepmen and Trigger Gargan appears to be the leader of the gang causing the trouble. But unknown to Ranger Tex Lawrence, the respected town citizen Barrow is the boss and is tipping off the gang as to the Ranger's activities.

Frontier Town

Frontier Town

Ray Taylor 1938 59m

Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins all the events, Regan has him accused of murder. As Tex looks for the counterfeiters, his pals Stubby and Pee Wee keep the Sheriff off his trail.

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

Ray Taylor 1937 1h 3m 5.0

Tex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some gold nuggets, Tex tricks Dorman into moving the gold. He hopes to round them up with the help of the posse and the local Boy Scout Troop.

Sing, Cowboy, Sing

Sing, Cowboy, Sing

Robert N. Bradbury 1937 59m 4.0

Kalmus is after the freight contract held by Summers. When his gang kill Summers, Tex and Duke step in to help Madge keep the freight line going. When they foil the gang's further attempts, Kalmus gets the Judge to jail the two.

Riders of the Rockies

Riders of the Rockies

Robert N. Bradbury 1937 56m 4.0

Tex and his pals join the Rangers to fight rustlers along the border. When Doc and Pee Wee get framed for rustling and then jailed, Tex deserts the Rangers, crosses the border, and joins up with the outlaw gang hoping somehow to clear his pals.

Nation Aflame

Nation Aflame

Victor Halperin 1937 1h 14m

Believing they can make a ton of money, a gang of opportunists uses the country's racial and ethnic tensions to start a Ku Klux Klan-type organization.

Hittin' the Trail

Hittin' the Trail

Robert N. Bradbury 1937 58m 6.0

Clark is unable to move his stolen horses. When Tex arrives in town, Clark tricks him into moving them for him. He stakes him at roulette, has his crony let him win, and then sells him the horses. When Tex gets the horses across the state line, he plans to have his henchmen take care of Tex and take repossession of the horses.

Arizona Days

Arizona Days

John English 1937 56m 5.0

Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex becomes the county tax collector to earn money. This leads to trouble as one of those owing money is Price who says he will not pay.

The Rawhide Terror

The Rawhide Terror

Jack Nelson, Bruce Mitchell 1934 52m

Twelve renegades dressed as Indians kill the parents of two brothers. The brothers who have similar birth marks then separate. Ten years later a man known as the Rawhide Terror is murdering the renegades who are now town citizens. Everyone is after the Rawhide Terror and the two brothers are destined to meet again.

The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price

William A. Wellman 1932 1h 8m 8.0

Barbara Stanwyck plays Joan Gordon, a torch singer who runs away from her gangster boyfriend (Lyle Talbot) to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer (George Brent). Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes that she is developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.

One Good Turn

One Good Turn

James W. Horne 1931 20m 6.3

A kindly old widow serves a free meal to the penniless boys but her greedy landlord wants to evict her for non payment of her mortgage, prompting the boys to come to her rescue.

Luke's Movie Muddle

Luke's Movie Muddle

Hal Roach 1916 10m

Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.

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