Joan Leslie

Joan Leslie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joan Leslie (born Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel; January 26, 1925 – October 12, 2015) was an American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian who, during the Hollywood Golden Age, appeared in such films as High Sierra, Sergeant York, and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Joan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel was born on January 26, 1925, in Highland Park, Michigan, the youngest child of John and Agnes Brodel. At 15, Leslie had her first significant role as the crippled girl in High Sierra (1941), starring Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino. The same year she played in Sergeant York as York's fiancée. Leslie had a supporting role in The Male Animal (1942) as Olivia de Havilland's younger sister. In Yankee Doodle Dandy (also 1942) she portrayed George M. Cohan's girlfriend/wife. By now, Leslie had become a star whose on-screen image was described as "sweet innocence without seeming too sugary." Leslie was in four motion pictures released during 1943: The Hard Way, starring Ida Lupino and Dennis Morgan; The Sky's the Limit (1943), starring with Fred Astaire; the wartime film This Is the Army (1943) with Ronald Reagan; and finally Thank Your Lucky Stars. During World War II, she was a regular volunteer at the Hollywood Canteen, where she danced with servicemen and signed hundreds of autographs. She was featured with Robert Hutton, among many others, in the Warner Bros. film Hollywood Canteen (1944). In 1946 Leslie's career took a dive when she took Warner Brothers to court in order to get released from her contract based on moral and religious grounds because of the parts they kept giving her. She wanted more serious and mature roles. In 1947, the Catholic Theatre Guild gave Leslie an award because of her "consistent refusal to use her talents and art in film productions of objectionable character." As a result of this, Jack Warner used his influence to blacklist her from other major Hollywood studios. From this point on Leslie had a more irregular film career. In 1947, she signed a two-picture contract with the poverty row studio Eagle-Lion Films. The first one was Repeat Performance (1947), a film noir. The other was Northwest Stampede (1948) in which she performed with James Craig. In 1952, she signed a short-term deal with Republic Pictures. One of the films she made for Republic was Flight Nurse (1953). Her last film was The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956). However, she continued making sporadic appearances in television shows while her children were at school. She retired from acting in 1991, after appearing in the TV film Fire in the Dark. Leslie died on October 12, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. She was 90. Her survivors include her two children and one sister, Betty. On October 8, 1960, Joan Leslie received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. In 1999, she was one of the 250 actresses nominated for the American Film Institute's selection of the 25 greatest female screen legends to have debuted before 1950. On August 12, 2006, she received a Golden Boot Award for her contributions to Western television shows and movies.

  • Popularity : 4.241
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1925-01-26
  • Place of Birth : Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Joan Leslie Movies

  • 1942
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    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    7.02 1942 HD

    A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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  • 2003
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    Curtains for Roy Earle

    Curtains for Roy Earle

    1 2003 HD

    A featurette exploring the gangster films made at Warner Bros., actor Humphrey Bogart's career and the making of HIGH SIERRA (1941).

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  • 1941
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    High Sierra

    High Sierra

    7.016 1941 HD

    Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

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  • 1947
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    Repeat Performance

    Repeat Performance

    6.1 1947 HD

    On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout...

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  • 1943
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    The Hard Way

    The Hard Way

    6.6 1943 HD

    Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

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  • 2008
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    Hollywood Gangster

    Hollywood Gangster

    1 2008 HD

    Documentary about American gangster movies.

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  • 1951
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    Man in the Saddle

    Man in the Saddle

    6.5 1951 HD

    A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself...

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  • 1950
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    Born to Be Bad

    Born to Be Bad

    5.8 1950 HD

    Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master...

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  • 1945
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    Rhapsody in Blue

    Rhapsody in Blue

    6.4 1945 HD

    Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

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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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  • 1943
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    The Sky's the Limit

    The Sky's the Limit

    6.1 1943 HD

    Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly...

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  • 1943
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    This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

    5.7 1943 HD

    In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his...

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  • 1941
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    Sergeant York

    Sergeant York

    7.216 1941 HD

    Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep...

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  • 1944
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    Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

    7.3 1944 HD

    Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas....

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  • 1982
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    Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

    10 1982 HD

    While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

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  • 1942
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    The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

    4.1 1942 HD

    The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also...

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  • 1941
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    The Wagons Roll at Night

    The Wagons Roll at Night

    6.3 1941 HD

    An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a...

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  • 1956
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    The Revolt of Mamie Stover

    The Revolt of Mamie Stover

    6.4 1956 HD

    In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii,...

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  • 2008
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    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

    6.9 2008 HD

    Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.

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  • 1953
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    Woman They Almost Lynched

    Woman They Almost Lynched

    6.2 1953 HD

    Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're...

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  • 1941
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    The Great Mr. Nobody

    The Great Mr. Nobody

    5.3 1941 HD

    A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.

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  • 1954
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    Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

    4.643 1954 HD

    A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with...

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  • 1952
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    Hellgate

    Hellgate

    6.7 1952 HD

    A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.

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  • 1952
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    Toughest Man in Arizona

    Toughest Man in Arizona

    1 1952 HD

    Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring...

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  • 1946
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    Janie Gets Married

    Janie Gets Married

    6 1946 HD

    Newlywed Janie's (Joan Leslie) World War II-veteran husband (Robert Hutton) goes to work at her father's (Edward Arnold) newspaper.

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  • 1941
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    Thieves Fall Out

    Thieves Fall Out

    5.5 1941 HD

    Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business....

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  • 1938
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    Men with Wings

    Men with Wings

    6 1938 HD

    Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight....

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  • 1940
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    High School

    High School

    5.5 1940 HD

    A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when...

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  • 1946
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    Two Guys from Milwaukee

    Two Guys from Milwaukee

    4.8 1946 HD

    Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the...

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  • 1953
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    Flight Nurse

    Flight Nurse

    5.5 1953 HD

    In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.

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  • 1946
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    Cinderella Jones

    Cinderella Jones

    3.3 1946 HD

    Judy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.

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  • 1941
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    Nine Lives Are Not Enough

    Nine Lives Are Not Enough

    5 1941 HD

    A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.

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  • 1940
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    Alice in Movieland

    Alice in Movieland

    6.3 1940 HD

    In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes...

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  • 1940
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    Laddie

    Laddie

    6 1940 HD

    Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.

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  • 1948
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    Northwest Stampede

    Northwest Stampede

    2 1948 HD

    In this romantic western, the real stars are a mustang and a police dog. The human aspect of the story centers on a rodeo rider whose late father...

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  • 1976
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    The Keegans

    The Keegans

    1 1976 HD

    A professional football player is accused of murdering the man who attacked his sister. His brother, an investigate reporter, sets out to prove his...

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  • 1939
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    Two Thoroughbreds

    Two Thoroughbreds

    2 1939 HD

    A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.

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  • 1940
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    Susan and God

    Susan and God

    6.5 1940 HD

    A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

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  • 1940
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    Star Dust

    Star Dust

    4.7 1940 HD

    When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

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  • 1939
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    Nancy Drew... Reporter

    Nancy Drew... Reporter

    6.2 1939 HD

    While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's...

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  • 1939
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    Love Affair

    Love Affair

    7.014 1939 HD

    A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed...

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  • 1950
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    The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    The Skipper Surprised His Wife

    4.7 1950 HD

    A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

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  • 1992
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    James Cagney: Top of the World

    James Cagney: Top of the World

    10 1992 HD

    Documentary on the life and career of James Cagney

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  • 1951
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    Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

    Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

    4.4 1951 HD

    The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War.

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  • 1945
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    Too Young to Know

    Too Young to Know

    1 1945 HD

    A returning GI searches for the wife who left him and gave away their son.

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  • 1954
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    Hell's Outpost

    Hell's Outpost

    5 1954 HD

    A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine.

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  • 1940
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    Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

    7 1940 HD

    American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an...

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  • 1939
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    Winter Carnival

    Winter Carnival

    6 1939 HD

    A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.

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  • 1936
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    Camille

    Camille

    7.016 1936 HD

    Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert...

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  • 1986
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    Charley Hannah

    Charley Hannah

    6 1986 HD

    A Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police Captain (Robert Conrad) accidentally kills a youth when he is pursuing some cop killers. The investigation into the...

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  • 2006
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    Sergeant York: Of God and Country

    Sergeant York: Of God and Country

    1 2006 HD

    Behind the scenes documentary on the making of Sergeant York.

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  • 1944
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    I Am an American

    I Am an American

    5.3 1944 HD

    The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.

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  • 2008
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    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    7 2008 HD

    The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.

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  • 1989
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    Turn Back the Clock

    Turn Back the Clock

    4.5 1989 HD

    After a woman fervently wishes for another chance after a terrible tragedy, she is mysteriously granted one year of her life to be lived over.

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  • 1943
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    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    The Voice That Thrilled the World

    5.3 1943 HD

    This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from...

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  • 1943
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    Stars on Horseback

    Stars on Horseback

    1 1943 HD

    A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCrea and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams.

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  • 1947
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    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

    5.8 1947 HD

    Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

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  • 1940
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    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    1 1940 HD

    Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go...

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  • 1991
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    Fire in the Dark

    Fire in the Dark

    1 1991 HD

    A 75-year old widow with battles herself as she struggles with being a burden to those she loves. Though determined not to rely on her children, she...

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  • 1945
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    Parade of Aquatic Champions

    Parade of Aquatic Champions

    1 1945 HD

    Johnny Weismuller, Esther Williams and other aquatic champions present an exhibition of swimming and diving.

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  • 1945
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    Where Do We Go from Here?

    Where Do We Go from Here?

    5.3 1945 HD

    Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends...

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  • 1995
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    Inside the Dream Factory

    Inside the Dream Factory

    6 1995 HD

    Faye Dunaway hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the Hollywood star-making machine.

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  • 1998
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    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    7 1998 HD

    Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies....

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  • 2009
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    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    1 2009 HD

    A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1977
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    The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

    7.2 1977 HD

    During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his...

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  • 1981
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    Simon & Simon

    Simon & Simon

    6.7 1981 HD

    Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on...

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  • 1976
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    Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    6.7 1976 HD

    Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle!...

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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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  • 1973
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    Police Story

    Police Story

    7.1 1973 HD

    Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a...

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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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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 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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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    5.167 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1965
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    Branded

    Branded

    6.4 1965 HD

    Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern...

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  • 1990
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    Shades of L.A.

    Shades of L.A.

    6 1990 HD

    Shades of L.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired from October 10, 1990 until April 6, 1991. Det. Michael Burton of the Los...

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