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Donald Woods

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Woods (born Ralph Lewis Zink, December 2, 1906 – March 5, 1998) was a Canadian-American film and television actor whose career in Hollywood spanned six decades. Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Woods moved with his family to California and was raised in Burbank. A son of William and Margaret Zink, Presbyterians of German descent. His younger brother, Clarence Russell Zink, also became an actor (Russ Conway). Woods graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and made his film debut in 1928. His screen career was spent mostly in B movies, for example as lawyer Perry Mason in the 1937 film The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. He also occasionally played major roles in bigger feature films like A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Watch on the Rhine (1943), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), and Roughly Speaking (1945). Of considerable importance to his acting career were several seasons as leading man with the Elitch Gardens Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado, where he performed in 1932, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1948. In the early days of television, Woods starred as the title character in the 1951 syndicated TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist, and he was the host of Damon Runyon Theater on CBS-TV. He played himself on the dramatic series Hotel Cosmopolitan, also on CBS, and he was one of three hosts of The Orchid Award on ABC-TV. He portrayed Walter Manning on Portia Faces Life on CBS. He also appeared in such anthology series as The Philco Television Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, Crossroads, and General Electric Theater. On April 11, 1961, Woods appeared as "Profesor Landfield" in the episode "Two for the Gallows" on NBC's Laramie western series. Series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) is hired under false pretenses to take Landfield into the Badlands to seek gold. Landfield, however, is really Morgan Bennett, a member of the former Henry Plummer gang who has escaped from prison. Slim has no idea that Lanfield is seeking the loot that his gang had hidden away. Series character Jess Harper (Robert Fuller), Pete Dixon, played by Warren Oates, and Pete's younger brother soon come to Slim's aid. The title stems from the talk that the undisciplined Dixon brothers might eventually wind up on a hangman's noose. Woods later was a regular in the role of John Brent on the short-lived series Tammy and made guest appearances on Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Stoney Burke, Bourbon Street Beat, Bonanza, Coronet Blue, Ironside, Alias Smith and Jones, The Wild Wild West and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, among many others before retiring from acting in 1976. Besides his film career, he also worked as a successful real estate broker in Palm Springs where he lived with his wife, childhood sweetheart Josephine Van der Horck. They were married from 1933 until his death and had two children, Linda and Conrad. He was interred at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born2 December 1906 (age 119)
  • Place of BirthBrandon, Manitoba, Canada

Donald Woods

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Donald Woods (born Ralph Lewis Zink, December 2, 1906 – March 5, 1998) was a Canadian-American film and television actor whose career in Hollywood spanned six decades. Born in Brandon, Manitoba, Woods moved with his family to California and was raised in Burbank. A son of William and Margaret Zink, Presbyterians of German descent. His younger brother, Clarence Russell Zink, also became an actor (Russ Conway). Woods graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and made his film debut in 1928. His screen career was spent mostly in B movies, for example as lawyer Perry Mason in the 1937 film The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. He also occasionally played major roles in bigger feature films like A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Watch on the Rhine (1943), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944), and Roughly Speaking (1945). Of considerable importance to his acting career were several seasons as leading man with the Elitch Gardens Theatre Company in Denver, Colorado, where he performed in 1932, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1948. In the early days of television, Woods starred as the title character in the 1951 syndicated TV series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist, and he was the host of Damon Runyon Theater on CBS-TV. He played himself on the dramatic series Hotel Cosmopolitan, also on CBS, and he was one of three hosts of The Orchid Award on ABC-TV. He portrayed Walter Manning on Portia Faces Life on CBS. He also appeared in such anthology series as The Philco Television Playhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, Crossroads, and General Electric Theater. On April 11, 1961, Woods appeared as "Profesor Landfield" in the episode "Two for the Gallows" on NBC's Laramie western series. Series character Slim Sherman (John Smith) is hired under false pretenses to take Landfield into the Badlands to seek gold. Landfield, however, is really Morgan Bennett, a member of the former Henry Plummer gang who has escaped from prison. Slim has no idea that Lanfield is seeking the loot that his gang had hidden away. Series character Jess Harper (Robert Fuller), Pete Dixon, played by Warren Oates, and Pete's younger brother soon come to Slim's aid. The title stems from the talk that the undisciplined Dixon brothers might eventually wind up on a hangman's noose. Woods later was a regular in the role of John Brent on the short-lived series Tammy and made guest appearances on Bat Masterson, Wagon Train, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Stoney Burke, Bourbon Street Beat, Bonanza, Coronet Blue, Ironside, Alias Smith and Jones, The Wild Wild West and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, among many others before retiring from acting in 1976. Besides his film career, he also worked as a successful real estate broker in Palm Springs where he lived with his wife, childhood sweetheart Josephine Van der Horck. They were married from 1933 until his death and had two children, Linda and Conrad. He was interred at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born2 December 1906 (age 119)
  • Place of BirthBrandon, Manitoba, Canada
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True Grit
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7.331
1969
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Istanbul Express
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5.1
1969
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A Time to Sing
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5.0
1968
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Tammy and the Millionaire
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5.0
1967
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Dimension 5
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4.818
1966
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Moment to Moment
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5.077
1966
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Kissin' Cousins
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4.7
1964
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Five Minutes to Live
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5.5
1961
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13 Ghosts
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5.727
1960
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I'll Give My Life
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6.0
1960
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A Wind from the South
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5.7
1955
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
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6.5
1953
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The Studebaker Story
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1953
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Born to the Saddle
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5.0
1953
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Tall, Dark and Dead
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1952
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All That I Have
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5.0
1951
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Johnny One-Eye
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4.9
1950
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Mr. Music
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4.0
1950
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The Lost Volcano
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5.3
1950
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Scene of the Crime
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6.3
1949
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Free For All
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6.0
1949
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Daughter of the West
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1949
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Barbary Pirate
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6.0
1949
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Bells of San Fernando
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4.167
1947
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The Return of Rin Tin Tin
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5.2
1947
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Stepchild
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1947
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Never Say Goodbye
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6.3
1946
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Goodbye, Weeds
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1946
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The Time, The Place and The Girl
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5.4
1946
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Night and Day
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5.7
1946
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Roughly Speaking
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6.8
1945
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Wonder Man
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6.566
1945
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Star in the Night
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7.381
1945
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Hollywood Canteen
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7.3
1944
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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6.0
1944
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Enemy of Women
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4.75
1944
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Watch on the Rhine
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6.7
1943
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Hi'ya, Sailor
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6.0
1943
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Corregidor
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3.5
1943
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So's Your Uncle
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5.0
1943
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Thru Different Eyes
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1942
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The Gay Sisters
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6.5
1942
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March On, America!
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4.7
1942
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Sky Raiders
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6.3
1941
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I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
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1941
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Bachelor Daddy
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1941
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City of Chance
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5.2
1940
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Mexican Spitfire
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4.6
1940
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Forgotten Girls
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5.0
1940
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Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
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1940
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
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4.6
1940
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If I Had My Way
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6.4
1940
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Young America Flies
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1940
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Beauty for the Asking
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5.7
1939
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The Girl from Mexico
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4.2
1939
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Heritage of the Desert
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5.8
1939
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Romance on the Run
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1938
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Danger on the Air
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5.9
1938
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The Black Doll
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5.333
1938
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Charlie Chan on Broadway
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7.0
1937
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
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6.8
1937
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Sea Devils
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5.7
1937
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Talent Scout
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6.0
1937
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Once a Doctor
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6.3
1937
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Big Town Girl
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6.0
1937
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Anthony Adverse
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5.8
1936
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
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6.8
1936
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Isle of Fury
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5.3
1936
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Road Gang
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6.5
1936
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A Son Comes Home
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1.0
1936
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The White Angel
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7.2
1936
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Breakdowns of 1936
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1936
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The Song of a Nation
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4.0
1936
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The Making of a Great Motion Picture
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5.0
1936
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The Florentine Dagger
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5.7
1935
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A Tale of Two Cities
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6.8
1935
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Frisco Kid
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6.8
1935
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Stranded
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5.8
1935
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The Case of the Curious Bride
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6.0
1935
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A Dream Comes True
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5.5
1935
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Things You Never See on the Screen
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5.0
1935
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Sweet Adeline
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5.7
1934
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Fog Over Frisco
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6.222
1934
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Merry Wives of Reno
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4.8
1934
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As the Earth Turns
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5.3
1934
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Charlie Chan's Courage
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8.0
1934
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Hollywood Newsreel
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4.0
1934
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She Was a Lady
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1934
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Motorboat Mamas
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