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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Heinz Roemheld (Milwaukee, May 1, 1901 – Huntington Beach, California, February 11, 1985) was an American composer. Born Heinz Eric Roemheld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was one of four children of German immigrant Heinrich Roemheld and his wife Fanny Rauterberg Roemheld. Heinrich was a pharmacist, but all the members of the family were musical. Heinz's brother Edgar (1898-1964) became a conductor, while sister Irmgard (1904-1995) became a well-known Milwaukee music teacher and radio broadcaster. Roemheld was a child prodigy who began playing the piano at the age of 4. He graduated from the Milwaukee College of Music at 19, and performed in theaters to earn money to study piano in Europe. In 1920, he went to Berlin, where he studied with Hugo Kaun, Ferruccio Busoni, and Egon Petri. While he was there, he appeared in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic. When he returned to America, Roemheld became involved in music for silent films, both as a pianist and as a conductor. In 1925, he was sent back to Berlin as head of Universal Pictures theaters there, but had to leave in 1929 due to the rise of Nazism. Back in America, Roemheld moved to Los Angeles and became a prominent cinema composer. He scored some scenes in Gone with the Wind, including the burning of Atlanta, although he was not credited on-screen. In 1942, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Among the more than 400 other films for which he composed music were Gentleman Jim, The Lady From Shanghai, The Invisible Man, and Shine On, Harvest Moon. After World War II, Roemheld once again returned to Germany to become Chief of the Film, Theatre, and Music Section of the Information Central Division of The American Armies in Europe. He continued writing for several major film studios until the late 1950s, and after briefly working in television, he retired in 1964 to concentrate on his classical composition. He is best known for the song "Ruby" from the movie Ruby Gentry (1952), which has become a standard. He married a former Miss Milwaukee, Emeline Defnet (1901-1980), from whom he was later divorced. They had two daughters, Mary Lou Roemheld, who was married for years to game show host Jack Narz, and Ann, who married game show host Bill Cullen. Roemheld died on February 11, 1985, at a convalescent home in Huntington Beach after contracting pneumonia three weeks earlier.
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- calendar_month Birth Date: 1901-05-01
- event Death Date 1985-02-11
- school Known for: Sound
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The Invisible Man
1933-11-03
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The Devil Is a Woman
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Big Brown Eyes
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The Lady from Shanghai
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Miami Exposé
1956-09-01
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Blues in the Night
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As the Earth Turns
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Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
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The Hard Way
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Chicago Calling
1951-12-31
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Station West
1948-09-01
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The Young in Heart
1938-07-06
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Earthworm Tractors
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Union Station
1950-10-04
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There's Always Tomorrow
1956-01-08
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The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
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The Flame
1947-11-24
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The Mandarin Mystery
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I, Jane Doe
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Invisible Stripes
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Ruby Gentry
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Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
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Mr. Soft Touch
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Loan Shark
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Peter Ibbetson
1935-11-07
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The Strawberry Blonde
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Curley
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The Wagons Roll at Night
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
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Flight from Destiny
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This Is Russia!
1957-12-06
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No Time for Comedy
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Living on Velvet
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The Mummy's Tomb
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Too Much Harmony
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Mandalay
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Up for Murder
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The Girl in the Kremlin
1957-04-11
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1959-02-01
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Here Comes Trouble
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Let's Kill Uncle
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Hollywood Hotel
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
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Stormy
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Lady with Red Hair
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The Land Unknown
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The Monster That Challenged the World
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1947-10-31
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On Our Merry Way
1948-02-03
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My Dear Secretary
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Night Key
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The Gilded Lily
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Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
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The White Angel
1936-06-25
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The Bride Comes Home
1935-12-25
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Invisible Ghost
1941-04-25
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Black Dragons
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Always in My Heart
1942-03-14
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The Black Cat
1934-05-07
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Journal of a Crime
1934-03-10
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It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
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The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
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Satan Met a Lady
1936-07-22
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A Modern Hero
1934-04-21
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Sweet Adeline
1934-12-29
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1952-04-07
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1934-02-14
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Housewife
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Front Page Woman
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Men Are Such Fools
1938-06-15
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A Lost Lady
1934-09-29
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Step Down to Terror
1958-09-01
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The Case of the Black Cat
1936-10-31
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1955-12-30
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World in My Corner
1956-03-01
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West of Shanghai
1937-10-30
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The Creature Walks Among Us
1956-04-26
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Cain and Mabel
1936-09-26
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Road Gang
1936-03-28
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The Perfect Specimen
1937-10-23
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Pillars of the Sky
1956-09-14
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Decision at Sundown
1957-11-10
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Four Frightened People
1934-01-26
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Riders of Death Valley
1941-07-01
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Desirable
1934-09-08
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The Payoff
1935-01-09
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Away All Boats
1956-08-16
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Out of the Fog
1941-06-14
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Three Smart Girls
1936-12-20
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Brother Rat and a Baby
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King of the Underworld
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Thieves Fall Out
1941-05-03
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A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
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The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942-05-29
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Two Against the World
1936-07-11
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Law of the Tropics
1941-10-04
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The Adventurous Blonde
1937-11-13
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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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Underground
1941-06-28
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Manpower
1941-08-09
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The Irish in Us
1935-07-31
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The Mole People
1956-12-01
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Stand-In
1937-10-29
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Tough Guy
1936-01-24
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1936-02-15
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Dracula
1931-02-12
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The Outer Gate
1937-08-04
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Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
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The Last Outpost
1935-10-11
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Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
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British Agent
1934-09-15
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Easy to Love
1934-01-13
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Merry Wives of Reno
1934-04-18
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Mary Jane's Pa
1935-04-27
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Bright Lights
1935-07-27
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Maybe It's Love
1935-01-12
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I Met My Love Again
1938-01-14
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Her Master's Voice
1936-01-17
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935-11-15
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Alcatraz Island
1937-10-13
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Four Hours to Kill!
1935-04-11
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Stranded
1935-06-29
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Flirtation Walk
1934-12-01
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11
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Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19
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Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
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Decision at Sundown
1957-11-10
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The Monster That Challenged the World
1957-06-14
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Werewolf of London
1935-05-13
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Postal Inspector
1936-08-16
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Enter Madame
1935-01-04
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We're in the Money
1935-08-17
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Bombay Mail
1934-01-06
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Storm Over the Andes
1935-04-01
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Janie
1944-09-02
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The Invisible Man
1933-11-03
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Love, Honor and Behave
1938-03-12
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The Night Runner
1957-04-02
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Hands Across the Table
1935-10-18
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The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
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A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
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Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
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Gold Diggers of 1937
1936-12-28
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
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Gold Diggers in Paris
1938-06-11
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I Married a Doctor
1936-04-25
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I'm No Angel
1933-10-06
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Love in Bloom
1935-04-20
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Rose of the Rancho
1936-01-09
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The Male Animal
1942-03-12
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Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
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What Men Want
1930-07-12
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I Found Stella Parish
1935-11-16
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Call It a Day
1937-04-17
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Secret of the Blue Room
1933-07-20
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Happiness Ahead
1934-10-27
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Honeymoon for Three
1941-01-18
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Ready for Love
1934-11-30
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Captain of the Guard
1930-03-28
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949-10-20
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Four Mothers
1941-01-04
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It Had to Be You
1947-12-07
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25
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The Big Trees
1952-02-05
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The Good Fairy
1935-02-18
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Gold Diggers of 1935
1935-03-15
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Dracula
1931-02-12
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Captain Lightfoot
1955-03-26
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Nancy Drew… Detective
1938-11-19
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Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27
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A Scandal in Paris
1946-07-19
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Insurance Investigator
1951-03-23
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The Glass Key
1935-06-15
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I Met My Love Again
1938-01-14
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Make Your Own Bed
1944-06-10
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East of Java
1935-12-01
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3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
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Drácula
1931-03-11
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Drácula
1931-03-11
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Private Worlds
1935-04-19
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Private Worlds
1935-04-19
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939-06-17
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939-09-09
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Find the Blackmailer
1943-11-06
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The Mad Empress
1939-12-16
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The Moonlighter
1953-09-19
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Too Young to Know
1945-12-01
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Female on the Beach
1955-08-19
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Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963-06-26
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My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
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The Girl from Manhattan
1948-10-01
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The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28
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Hell's Heroes
1929-12-27
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Comet Over Broadway
1938-12-03
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The Sin of Nora Moran
1933-12-13
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The Girl from Manhattan
1948-10-01
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O.S.S.
1946-05-26