Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Ellsworth Grapewin (December 20, 1869 – February 2, 1956) was an American vaudeville performer, writer and a stage and silent and sound actor, and comedian who was best known for portraying Aunt Em's husband, Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939) as well as Grandpa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941). He usually portrayed elderly folksy-type characters in a rustic setting, in all appearing in over 100 films. He was the oldest cast member of The Wizard of Oz. Born in Xenia, Ohio, Charles Ellsworth Grapewin ran away from home to be a circus acrobat which led him to work as an aerialist and trapeze artist in a traveling circus before turning to acting. He traveled all over the world with the famous P. T. Barnum circus. Grapewin also appeared in the original 1903 Broadway production of The Wizard of Oz, 36 years before he would appear in the famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film version. After this he continued in theatre, on and offstage, for the next thirty years, starting with various stock companies, and wrote stage plays as a vehicle for himself. His sole Broadway theatre credit was the short-lived play It's Up to You John Henry in 1905. Grapewin married actress Anna Chance (1875–1943) in 1896, and they remained a devoted couple until her death some 47 years later. Two years after his first wife's death, Grapewin married Loretta McGowan Becker on Jan 10, 1945. Grapewin began in silent films at the turn of the twentieth century. His very first films were two "moving image shorts" made by Frederick S. Armitage and released in November 1900; Chimmie Hicks at the Races (also known as Above the Limit) and Chimmie Hicks and the Rum Omelet, both shot in September and October 1900 and released in November of that year. During his long career, Grapewin appeared in more than one hundred films, including The Good Earth, The Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road, and in what is probably his best-remembered role: Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz. He also had a recurring role as Inspector Queen in the Ellery Queen film series of the early 1940s. Grapewin died of natural causes in Corona, California at age 86, and his ashes are interred with his wife's in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California, at the Great Mausoleum's Columbarium of Inspiration. ​

  • Musoro: Charley Grapewin
  • Mukurumbira: 4.126
  • Inozivikanwa: Acting
  • Bhavhdhe: 1869-12-19
  • Nzvimbo yekuzvarirwa: Xenia, Ohio, USA
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  • 1940
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    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

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  • 1939
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    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

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  • 1934
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    Judge Priest

    Judge Priest

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  • 1936
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    Libeled Lady

    Libeled Lady

    7.3 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My Destiny

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  • 1944
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    Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

    5.2 1944 HD

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  • 1932
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    No Man of Her Own

    No Man of Her Own

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  • 1935
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    One Frightened Night

    One Frightened Night

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Girl of the Golden West

    The Girl of the Golden West

    4.6 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Broadway Melody of 1938

    Broadway Melody of 1938

    6.3 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    Alice Adams

    Alice Adams

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  • 1934
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    Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables

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  • 1934
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    Return of the Terror

    Return of the Terror

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  • 1937
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    Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

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  • 1941
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    They Died with Their Boots On

    They Died with Their Boots On

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  • 1936
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    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

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  • 1941
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    Tobacco Road

    Tobacco Road

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  • 1933
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    Heroes for Sale

    Heroes for Sale

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  • 1940
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    Johnny Apollo

    Johnny Apollo

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  • 1942
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    A Close Call for Ellery Queen

    A Close Call for Ellery Queen

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  • 1942
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    A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

    A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

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  • 1941
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    Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

    Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

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    Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

    Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

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  • 1942
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    Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

    Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

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  • 1940
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    Ellery Queen, Master Detective

    Ellery Queen, Master Detective

    5.7 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

    Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

    5.3 1941 HD

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  • 1933
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    Midnight Mary

    Midnight Mary

    6.81 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Torch Singer

    Torch Singer

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1937
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    Big City

    Big City

    7.4 1937 HD

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  • 1935
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    Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    4.8 1935 HD

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  • 1938
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    Listen, Darling

    Listen, Darling

    6.3 1938 HD

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  • 1935
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    Ah, Wilderness!

    Ah, Wilderness!

    6.3 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Small Town Girl

    Small Town Girl

    6.2 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    Of Human Hearts

    Of Human Hearts

    5.8 1938 HD

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  • 1933
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    Turn Back the Clock

    Turn Back the Clock

    5.1 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    Party Wire

    Party Wire

    8 1935 HD

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  • 1940
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    Rhythm on the River

    Rhythm on the River

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    A Family Affair

    A Family Affair

    5.8 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Stand Up and Fight

    Stand Up and Fight

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    Shanghai

    Shanghai

    7 1935 HD

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  • 1932
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    Hell's House

    Hell's House

    5.3 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Are You Listening?

    Are You Listening?

    5 1932 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Impatient Years

    The Impatient Years

    6.3 1944 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Voice of Bugle Ann

    The Voice of Bugle Ann

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1933
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    Don't Bet on Love

    Don't Bet on Love

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Hello, Everybody!

    Hello, Everybody!

    6 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Beauty for Sale

    Beauty for Sale

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1944
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    Atlantic City

    Atlantic City

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  • 1931
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    7.5 1931 HD

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  • 1937
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    Between Two Women

    Between Two Women

    5.7 1937 HD

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  • 1931
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    Gold Dust Gertie

    Gold Dust Gertie

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  • 1937
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    Bad Guy

    Bad Guy

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1939
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    Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

    Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    Artists and Models Abroad

    Artists and Models Abroad

    3 1938 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Big Timer

    The Big Timer

    3.5 1932 HD

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  • 1939
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    Sudden Money

    Sudden Money

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Texas Rangers Ride Again

    The Texas Rangers Ride Again

    5.5 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Sand

    Sand

    4.5 1949 HD

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  • 1934
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    Two Alone

    Two Alone

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1938
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    Three Loves Has Nancy

    Three Loves Has Nancy

    4.2 1938 HD

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Bad Man of Brimstone

    The Bad Man of Brimstone

    6 1937 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Night of June 13

    The Night of June 13

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Washington Masquerade

    The Washington Masquerade

    6.5 1932 HD

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  • 1940
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    Earthbound

    Earthbound

    4.8 1940 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Man Who Dared

    The Man Who Dared

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1932
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    American Madness

    American Madness

    7.1 1932 HD

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  • 1934
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    The President Vanishes

    The President Vanishes

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1931
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    Heaven on Earth

    Heaven on Earth

    3 1931 HD

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  • 1936
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    Without Orders

    Without Orders

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1930
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    Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

    4 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    For the Love of Fanny

    For the Love of Fanny

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1935
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    Eight Bells

    Eight Bells

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Caravan

    Caravan

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Kiss Before the Mirror

    The Kiss Before the Mirror

    5.3 1933 HD

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  • 1939
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    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1933
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    Hell and High Water

    Hell and High Water

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Quitter

    The Quitter

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Breakdowns of 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Woman in Room 13

    The Woman in Room 13

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1947
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    Gunfighters

    Gunfighters

    5.3 1947 HD

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  • 1932
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    Huddle

    Huddle

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Good Earth

    The Good Earth

    6.2 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Loudspeaker

    The Loudspeaker

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    King Solomon of Broadway

    King Solomon of Broadway

    1 1935 HD

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  • 2000
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    The Dark Side of the Rainbow

    The Dark Side of the Rainbow

    8 2000 HD

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  • 1936
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    Sinner Take All

    Sinner Take All

    4.6 1936 HD

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  • 1900
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    Above the Limit

    Above the Limit

    4.333 1900 HD

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  • 1932
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    Wild Horse Mesa

    Wild Horse Mesa

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    Wild Boys of the Road

    Wild Boys of the Road

    6.7 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Three Comrades

    Three Comrades

    7.2 1938 HD

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  • 1951
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    When I Grow Up

    When I Grow Up

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1933
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    Female

    Female

    6.3 1933 HD

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

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  • 1943
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    Crash Dive

    Crash Dive

    6.1 1943 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Enchanted Valley

    The Enchanted Valley

    1 1948 HD

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  • 1935
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    In Spite of Danger

    In Spite of Danger

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1939
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    Hero for a Day

    Hero for a Day

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1934
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    She Made Her Bed

    She Made Her Bed

    3.5 1934 HD

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  • 1933
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    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    6.767 1933 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Dark Side of Oz

    The Dark Side of Oz

    1 1995 HD

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