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Wells Root

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21-03-1900

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Buffalo, New York, USA

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Texas Across the River

Texas Across the River

The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor. Don Andrea flees across the river to Texas, where he meets up with Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick, Kronk, who are carrying rifles to the town of Moccasin Flats. Don Andrea rescues an Indian maiden, Lonetta, tames some longhorns, competes with Sam for Phoebe's affections, eludes a Comanche war party and the cavalry and ultimately saves the town and gets his girl.
5.6

Year:

1966

Hell Ship Mutiny

Hell Ship Mutiny

A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business.
4.0

Year:

1957

Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
6.8

Year:

1954

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
6.8

Year:

1952

Furia roja

Furia roja

Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.
3.3

Year:

1951

Stronghold

Stronghold

In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.
5.7

Year:

1951

Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
6.8

Year:

1943

The Man from Down Under

The Man from Down Under

An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
6.5

Year:

1943

Tennessee Johnson

Tennessee Johnson

The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached.
6.1

Year:

1942

Mokey

Mokey

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
5.0

Year:

1942

Mokey

Mokey

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
5.0

Year:

1942

Turned Out Nice Again

Turned Out Nice Again

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.
6.5

Year:

1941

The Get-Away

The Get-Away

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
5.2

Year:

1941

The Bad Man

The Bad Man

Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan.
5.4

Year:

1941

Flight Command

Flight Command

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
5.4

Year:

1940

Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
5.9

Year:

1939

Man of Conquest

Man of Conquest

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
5.2

Year:

1939

Sergeant Madden

Sergeant Madden

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
6.0

Year:

1939

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
7.5

Year:

1937

The Bold Caballero

The Bold Caballero

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.
5.7

Year:

1936

The Bold Caballero

The Bold Caballero

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.
5.7

Year:

1936

The Bold Caballero

The Bold Caballero

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.
5.7

Year:

1936

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
5.3

Year:

1936

Pursuit

Pursuit

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Rush, the secretary of the head of a private-detective agency who has been hired to care for the kid until the suit is over. (Overview written by Les Adams )
6.0

Year:

1935

Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
6.2

Year:

1935

Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
6.2

Year:

1935

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
6.2

Year:

1935

Paris Interlude

Paris Interlude

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...
3.5

Year:

1934

Black Moon

Black Moon

A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
5.2

Year:

1934

Night Flight

Night Flight

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
5.8

Year:

1933

I Cover the Waterfront

I Cover the Waterfront

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
5.1

Year:

1933

Racetrack

Racetrack

Joe Tomasso is an Italian-American bookmaker and gambler who, outwardly, is hard but soft-hearted inwardly. He becomes fond of a homeless waif, Jackie Curtis, and begins to look upon him as the son he never had. But when Jackie's mother appears, Joe has a hard decision to make.
0.0

Year:

1933

Tiger Shark

Tiger Shark

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
6.8

Year:

1932

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.
5.0

Year:

1932

Politics

Politics

A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
6.3

Year:

1931

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.
3.3

Year:

1931

The Storm

The Storm

Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
5.0

Year:

1930

Chasing Rainbows

Chasing Rainbows

The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. The spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.
4.0

Year:

1930

Peacock Alley

Peacock Alley

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.
4.3

Year:

1930

Peacock Alley

Peacock Alley

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.
4.3

Year:

1930