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Lee S. Marcus

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Marcus, also known as Lee S. Marcus (December 7, 1893 – January 30, 1969), was an American film producer of the 1930s and 1940s. During his fifteen-year career he produced over 85 films, most of them between 1934 and 1941 while he was at RKO Studios. Prior to his production career, Marcus worked for FBO and then RKO as a sales executive, reaching the level of vice president in both organizations. At RKO, he was head of production of the studio's b-films during the late 1930s and the beginning of the 1940s. He was also responsible for producing what many consider to be the first film noir, 1940's Stranger on the Third Floor. Marcus was born on December 7, 1893 in Buffalo, New York. His father was Albert L. Marcus. During World War I Marcus served with the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), and in 1918 was stationed in Vitry, France.

07-12-1893

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Buffalo, New York, USA

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Lost Honeymoon

Lost Honeymoon

An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.
5.3

Year:

1947

They Came to Blow Up America

They Came to Blow Up America

Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orders to blow up various defense installations.
6.2

Year:

1943

Father Takes a Wife

Father Takes a Wife

A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
6.1

Year:

1941

Along the Rio Grande

Along the Rio Grande

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.
6.3

Year:

1941

Play Girl

Play Girl

When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
6.3

Year:

1941

The Saint In Palm Springs

The Saint In Palm Springs

George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint," in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps, smuggled from England. Wendy Barrie is the true heir to this treasure, and the Saint is engaged to protect her and the stamps. Our hero meets Barrie in a posh Palm Springs resort, where a gang of homicidal thieves have converged to relieve the girl of her inheritance. Three murders and one kidnapping attempt later, the villains are foiled by the Saint, with the aid of his onetime partner in crime Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle). The Saint in Palm Springs is the sixth in RKO's series of films based on the character created by Leslie Charteris.
5.7

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1941

The Fargo Kid

The Fargo Kid

The Fargo Kid is mistaken for a killer and is hired to kill another man...
6.5

Year:

1940

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
4.6

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1940

Triple Justice

Triple Justice

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.
6.0

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1940

Stranger on the Third Floor

Stranger on the Third Floor

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
6.5

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1940

One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night

The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.
4.0

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1940

Stage to Chino

Stage to Chino

To investigate a gold-shipping scam, a postal inspector goes undercover and tries to infiltrate the gang he believes is responsible.
4.8

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1940

Millionaires in Prison

Millionaires in Prison

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
6.0

Year:

1940

Prairie Law

Prairie Law

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry then holds a quick election to change the county seat so he can preside at the trial. But Brill gets the Governor to change it back and this leads to the big shootout between Curry's men and Brill and the ranchers.
5.5

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1940

The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
6.3

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1940

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.
4.5

Year:

1940

Little Orvie

Little Orvie

Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.
7.0

Year:

1940

Legion of the Lawless

Legion of the Lawless

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way.
5.2

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1940

The Marshal Of Mesa City

The Marshal Of Mesa City

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
8.0

Year:

1939

Sued for Libel

Sued for Libel

A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
5.4

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1939

The Day the Bookies Wept

The Day the Bookies Wept

A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
5.0

Year:

1939

The Fighting Gringo

The Fighting Gringo

A gunfighter and his partners clear a Spanish rancher charged with murder.
6.0

Year:

1939

The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder

Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
6.0

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1939

Timber Stampede

Timber Stampede

Cattlemen fight corrupt railroad men out to destroy the forest.
0.0

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1939

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
6.3

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1939

Racketeers of the Range

Racketeers of the Range

A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest ranch, is trying to stop them. When the owner agrees to sell, Barney get a delay by forcing the small company to declare bankruptcy and having himself made receiver. Now the large company has to deal with Larry and when he refuses they resort to rustling.
6.2

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1939

Panama Lady

Panama Lady

A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
5.6

Year:

1939

The Rookie Cop

The Rookie Cop

A rookie cop tries to prove his friend is innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection to his use of a trained German Shepherd dog named Ace.
5.3

Year:

1939

Trouble in Sundown

Trouble in Sundown

The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John as he was the only one with the combination. Clint gets John out of town but before the mob turns ugly but the deputy is shot when he and Clint go to get John at the shack. Things look bad for John, but Clint does not believe that John did the robbery and he will look for the real crooks.
0.0

Year:

1939

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
5.6

Year:

1939

Beauty for the Asking

Beauty for the Asking

Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
5.7

Year:

1939

Twelve Crowded Hours

Twelve Crowded Hours

An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
5.2

Year:

1939

Pacific Liner

Pacific Liner

The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the ship's nurse. Chief Engineer 'Crusher" McKay also has his eyes on Ann, and this brings an immediate conflict between the two men. When an epidemic breaks out below decks, Craig tells McKay the engine-and-fire rooms must be put under quarantine, but all of Craig's efforts to keep the disease from spreading are opposed by McKay.
5.2

Year:

1939

The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone

A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
4.0

Year:

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour

Annabel Takes a Tour

Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour. The trip proceeds with a flurry of Morgan's crazy, slapstick publicity stunts. Then Annabel has her chance to "bag" a real Viscount.
5.0

Year:

1938

High Flyers

High Flyers

Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.
7.0

Year:

1937

On Again—Off Again

On Again—Off Again

This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
7.0

Year:

1937

We're on the Jury

We're on the Jury

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
5.8

Year:

1937

So and Sew

So and Sew

A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.
0.0

Year:

1936

Dummy Ache

Dummy Ache

Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming husband, suspicious of his wife, follows her for the day. Misunderstandings, mishaps, and hijinks ensue. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2013.
4.8

Year:

1936

Silly Billies

Silly Billies

The boys are a dentist and his assistant traveling to the Old West to open a new practice. Once in town, they buy a business--only to wake up the next day and see that the entire population of this bustling town had left for the California gold fields early that morning! Then, they discover an evil plot to sell out these settlers to some hostile Indians, so they spring to the rescue.
8.0

Year:

1936

Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet

An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-country trip with no money.
7.0

Year:

1936

Will Power

Will Power

Edgar thinks he finally has a plan that will force his lazy, mooching brother-in-law to get a job. First, Edgar has some friends help him to stage a fake heart attack. Then, while he is supposed to be recovering, he taps into a source of mystical will power to do the rest.
0.0

Year:

1936

The Rainmakers

The Rainmakers

Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought
6.0

Year:

1935

Drawing Rumors

Drawing Rumors

Comic short about how rumors spread.
0.0

Year:

1935

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

A Night at the Biltmore Bowl

Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
6.0

Year:

1935

The Nitwits

The Nitwits

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
6.1

Year:

1935

This Band Age

This Band Age

Musical short featuring Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra with a young Betty Grable as their singer.
0.0

Year:

1935

The Dancing Millionaire

The Dancing Millionaire

The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
0.0

Year:

1934

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice

An actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of his wife's murder.
4.7

Year:

1934

Ferry-Go-Round

Ferry-Go-Round

A musical comedy laugh riot about the adventures of a New York ferry boat supporting a concert party.
0.0

Year:

1934

Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels

The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.
6.1

Year:

1934

Ocean Swells

Ocean Swells

A old lady and her 2 girls go husband hunting at a luxury resort.
0.0

Year:

1934