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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leo Frank Forbstein (October 16, 1892 – March 16, 1948) was an American film musical director and orchestra conductor who worked on more than 550 projects during a twenty-year period. Forbstein was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was attracted to music as a child, learning the violin at the age of four. As a conductor at the Royal Theater in St. Joseph, he synchronized the orchestra with the action in silent films; he then became principal conductor at the Newman Theatre in Kansas City, where the organist was future Warner Bros. colleague Carl W. Stalling. In the mid-1920s, Forbstein relocated to Hollywood to head the symphony orchestra at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre. He signed with Warner Bros. as one of the directors of its Vitaphone Orchestra, alongside Erno Rapee (then Warners' general music director), Louis Silvers, and David Mendoza; Forbstein's first screen credit was The Squall in 1929. In 1931, Warners dismissed Rapee and Mendoza in a consolidation and economy move and Forbstein became the company's general music director. In 1936, Forbstein and composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold were write-in candidates for the Oscar for Best Music, Score for their work on Captain Blood. The following year, he was nominated officially for The Charge of the Light Brigade and Anthony Adverse, winning for the latter. He was nominated again for The Life of Emile Zola in 1938. Forbstein was married to the former Bess Gallas from October 16, 1914 until his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California. They had one daughter, Harriett (born 1915), who married assistant director Melvin Dellar. Leo Forbstein was entombed in the Corridor of Immortality at Home of Peace Cemetery.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1892-10-16
- event Death Date 1948-02-12
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 2.2
- info Birth Place St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Leo F. Forbstein
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The Male Animal
1942-03-12
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Humoresque
1947-01-25
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Jewel Robbery
1932-07-08
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She Had to Say Yes
1933-07-15
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The Dragon Murder Case
1934-08-25
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Mandalay
1934-02-10
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
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Spring Is Here
1930-04-13
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Northern Pursuit
1943-11-07
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The Great Garrick
1937-10-30
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Frisco Kid
1935-11-30
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Here Comes the Navy
1934-07-21
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Employees' Entrance
1933-02-11
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The Letter
1940-11-21
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Possessed
1947-05-29
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Sing Me a Love Song
1936-12-25
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Princess O'Rourke
1943-10-23
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The Sea Wolf
1941-03-21
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The Life of Emile Zola
1937-09-09
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Indianapolis Speedway
1939-08-05
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A Night at the Ritz
1935-03-23
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Conflict
1945-06-15
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Green Light
1937-02-20
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The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30
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A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
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Traveling Saleslady
1935-03-28
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Dive Bomber
1941-01-01
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939-11-11
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While the Patient Slept
1935-03-09
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Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
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Dodge City
1939-04-08
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Love and Learn
1947-05-02
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Virginia City
1940-03-23
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Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26
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Never Say Goodbye
1946-11-09
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939-03-23
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The Sisters
1938-10-14
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Uncertain Glory
1944-04-07
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Massacre
1934-01-20
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Cry Wolf
1947-08-19
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Captains of the Clouds
1942-02-12
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Kisses for Breakfast
1941-07-05
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935-10-09
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Private Detective 62
1933-06-10
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Another Dawn
1937-06-26
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Stranded
1935-06-29
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I Found Stella Parish
1935-11-16
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Confession
1937-08-19
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Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
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Street of Women
1932-06-04
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My Bill
1938-07-08
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Freshman Love
1936-01-18
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The Case of the Howling Dog
1934-09-22
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Sweet Mama
1930-07-06
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The Strawberry Blonde
1941-02-21
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Hotel Berlin
1945-03-02
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935-10-05
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Gambling Lady
1934-03-08
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Heart of the North
1938-12-10
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Babbitt
1934-12-08
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Journal of a Crime
1934-03-10
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Midnight Alibi
1934-07-12
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947-03-04
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Now, Voyager
1942-10-22
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God's Country and the Woman
1937-01-16
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Gold Dust Gertie
1931-06-27
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Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
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The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932-05-28
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Dark Victory
1939-04-20
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The Mask of Dimitrios
1944-06-23
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Baby Face
1933-07-13
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Going Places
1938-12-31
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The Doughgirls
1944-11-25
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Going Highbrow
1935-07-06
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Racket Busters
1938-07-16
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The Big Punch
1948-06-26
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We're in the Money
1935-08-17
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The Great Lie
1941-04-05
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Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948-01-15
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Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20
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Casablanca
1943-01-15
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Secrets of an Actress
1938-09-10
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Always in My Heart
1942-03-14
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The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
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It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
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Comet Over Broadway
1938-12-03
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Stolen Holiday
1937-02-06
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The Man Who Played God
1932-02-09
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13
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First Lady
1937-12-04
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Living on Velvet
1935-03-02
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British Agent
1934-09-15
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One Way Passage
1932-10-04
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The House on 56th Street
1933-12-23
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Haunted Gold
1932-12-17
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Men Are Such Fools
1938-06-15
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Dr. Monica
1934-06-23
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I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
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Women in the Wind
1939-04-15
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Dark Passage
1947-09-05
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The Firebird
1934-11-03
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Destination Tokyo
1943-12-31
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1944-09-01
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Hollywood Hotel
1938-01-15
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Gold Diggers of 1937
1936-12-28
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The Big Sleep
1946-08-23
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Earthworm Tractors
1936-07-24
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Keystone Hotel
1935-09-21
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932-11-09
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Miss Pacific Fleet
1935-12-14
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The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04
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Side Show
1931-09-19
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Smart Money
1931-06-11
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The Dawn Patrol
1938-12-24
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Torchy Gets Her Man
1938-11-12
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Angels with Dirty Faces
1938-11-26
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King of the Underworld
1939-01-14
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The Star Witness
1931-08-22
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It All Came True
1940-04-06
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Four's a Crowd
1938-08-04
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Manpower
1941-08-09
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Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
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Underground
1941-06-28
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Wings for the Eagle
1942-07-18
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Don't Bet on Blondes
1935-07-13
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Spy Ship
1942-06-06
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The Irish in Us
1935-07-31
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The Big Shot
1942-06-13
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Alibi Ike
1935-06-15
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She Couldn't Say No
1940-12-07
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Tiger Shark
1932-09-24
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Night Nurse
1931-07-16
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To Have and Have Not
1945-01-20
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Sergeant York
1941-09-27
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The Man from Monterey
1933-07-15
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Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
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Mr. Skeffington
1944-05-25
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Jezebel
1938-03-26
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Too Young to Marry
1931-05-03
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'G' Men
1935-05-04
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A Stolen Life
1946-05-01
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Stallion Road
1947-04-12
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Rope
1948-03-11
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Blondie Johnson
1933-02-25
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Crime School
1938-05-10
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Fashions of 1934
1934-02-14
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Two Guys from Texas
1948-08-27
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Air Force
1943-03-20
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The Tenderfoot
1932-05-23
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You Said a Mouthful
1932-11-18
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Big Hearted Herbert
1934-10-06
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Call It a Day
1937-04-17
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He Was Her Man
1934-06-16
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Happiness Ahead
1934-10-27
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Love Is a Racket
1932-06-18
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Kiss Me Again
1931-01-07
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Off the Record
1939-01-21
5.4
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932-01-09
5.4
Murder in the Clouds
1934-12-15
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Road Gang
1936-03-28
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Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06
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Honeymoon for Three
1941-01-18
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Silver Dollar
1932-12-22
5.4
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941-09-20
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Stage Struck
1936-09-12
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Steel Against the Sky
1941-12-13
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The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30
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The Go-Getter
1937-05-22
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The Flirting Widow
1930-05-11
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The Unsuspected
1947-10-11
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
1936-01-11
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The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
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Shipmates Forever
1935-10-12
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The King's Vacation
1933-02-25
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Upperworld
1934-04-28
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Winter Meeting
1948-04-07
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Sweet Music
1935-02-23
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Valley of the Giants
1938-09-17
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Winner Take All
1932-07-16
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Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
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Cinderella Jones
1946-03-09
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The White Angel
1936-06-25
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Escape Me Never
1947-11-07
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Four Mothers
1941-01-04
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Four Wives
1939-12-22
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The Petrified Forest
1936-02-08
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
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The Case of the Curious Bride
1935-04-13
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The Squall
1929-05-09
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Big Business Girl
1931-06-12
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The Silk Express
1933-06-01
5.4
They Call It Sin
1932-11-05
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The Mind Reader
1933-04-01
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Colleen
1936-03-21
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Housewife
1934-08-11
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Life Begins
1932-09-10
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The Secret Bride
1934-12-22
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The Beast with Five Fingers
1947-02-08
5.4
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933-05-27
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The Match King
1932-12-31
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The Rich Are Always with Us
1932-05-19
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Beauty and the Boss
1932-04-09
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The Purchase Price
1932-07-23
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Kansas City Princess
1934-09-14
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Goodbye Again
1933-09-09
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Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27
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The Narrow Corner
1933-07-08
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Deep Valley
1947-07-30
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King of the Islands
1936-02-22
5.4
A Fugitive from Justice
1940-06-15
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Oklahoma Outlaws
1943-09-14
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Miss Pinkerton
1932-05-27
5.4
The Crash
1932-10-09
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Loose Ankles
1930-02-02
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Tovarich
1937-12-25
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Three Strangers
1946-01-28
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Dames
1934-09-01
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The Constant Nymph
1943-06-23
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The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
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The Last Flight
1931-08-29
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The Doorway to Hell
1930-10-18
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Flight from Destiny
1941-02-08
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Danger Signal
1945-11-21
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Make Your Own Bed
1944-06-10
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Man Wanted
1932-04-23
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Stranger in Town
1931-08-06
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One Night at Susie's
1930-10-19
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The Kennel Murder Case
1933-10-28
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College Coach
1933-11-04
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Shadow of a Woman
1946-09-14
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George Washington Slept Here
1942-10-30
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The Dawn Patrol
1930-07-10
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Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
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Safe in Hell
1931-12-12
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Satan Met a Lady
1936-07-22
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They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
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Three on a Match
1932-10-29
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The Corn Is Green
1945-03-29
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Lilly Turner
1933-05-13
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941-12-24
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Marked Woman
1937-04-10
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Go Into Your Dance
1935-04-20
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The Hard Way
1943-01-13
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Central Park
1932-12-10
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Devotion
1946-04-05
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Fog Over Frisco
1934-06-02
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Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
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The Singing Kid
1936-04-10
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The Wagons Roll at Night
1941-04-25
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Big City Blues
1932-09-18
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Doctor X
1932-08-03
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Footsteps in the Dark
1941-03-08
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The Mouthpiece
1932-03-21
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Girl Missing
1933-03-04
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933-02-18
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Footlight Parade
1933-10-21
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Silver River
1948-05-20
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42nd Street
1933-03-11
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Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
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Playing Around
1930-01-10
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The Goose and the Gander
1935-09-21
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Maybe It's Love
1935-01-12
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The Old Maid
1939-08-16
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Ever Since Eve
1937-07-15
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Snowed Under
1936-03-29
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Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16
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Pride of the Marines
1945-08-24
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Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
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Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
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Broadway Babies
1929-06-30
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Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
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Four Daughters
1938-08-09
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Numbered Men
1930-06-07
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Juarez
1939-06-10