J. Farrell MacDonald — Actor (43)
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Peg o' My Heart (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Peg o' My Heart
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Marion Davies / Onslow Stevens …
other title: Peggy de mi corazón
Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at the village to tell Pat that Peg is heir to estate of her grandfather, who hated Pat. The upshot of the will is that she must go to England for 3 years to learn to be a lady and that Pat can never see her again.
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The Working Man (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Working Man
director: John G. Adolfi actor: George Arliss / Bette Davis …
other title: Se necesita un rival / 工人 …
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
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Danger Ahead (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Danger Ahead
director: Albert Herman actor: Lawrence Gray / Sheila Bromley …
Captain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from China. About 15 seconds after he gets the cash, he's lured away on a false pretence and robbed by Conrad's henchmen. Newspaper reporter Jerry Mason witnesses the robbery and steals the cash from Conrad.
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Discarded Lovers (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Discarded Lovers
director: Fred C. Newmeyer actor: Natalie Moorhead / Russell Hopton …
In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Eminent Studios. The suspects are numerous due to her free and easy lifestyle and messy romantic affairs. Among them are Grace Sibley the jealous wife of her director, Warren Sibley, her drunken actor husband, Andre Leighton, her screenwriter boyfriend, Rex Forsythe, and her first husband, Robert Worth. Also on hand to help solve the mystery are visiting reporter Bob Adair, Irma's secretary, Valerie Christine, and policemen Captain Sommers and Sergeant Delaney.
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Myrt and Marge (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Myrt and Marge
director: Al Boasberg actor: Myrtle Vail / Donna Damerel …
other title: 歌場艷史
Myrt has a show chock full of talented performers that deserves to be on Broadway, but can't raise the necessary money. Jackson, a lecherous "producer", provides the money in order to get his hands on the show's pretty young star, Marge. Myrt teams up with Marge's boyfriend to try to thwart the randy producer and get the show to Broadway.
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The Stolen Jools (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB Eggplant.place
The Stolen Jools
director: William C. McGann / Thomas Atkins … actor: Norma Shearer / Richard Barthelmess …
other title: I gioielli rubati / Juwelenraub in Hollywood …
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
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Gang Bullets (1938) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Gang Bullets
director: 兰伯特·希利尔 actor: Anne Nagel / Robert Kent …
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
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Over the Border (1922) IMDb Douban
Over the Border
director: Penrhyn Stanlaws actor: Betty Compson / Tom Moore …
Jen Galbraith is in love with Sgt. Tom Flaherty of the Royal Mounted. She is the daughter of Peter Galbraith, who is engaged in smuggling moonshine whiskey across the Canadian border. When she tries to warn her father and brother of the approaching police, she is arrested with the entire gang.
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
director: Preston Sturges actor: Harold Lloyd / Jimmy Conlin …
other title: Verrückter Mittwoch / Oh quel mercredi ! …
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?