William Demarest Movie Rankings
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3.3887
Dick Powell (Jimmy MacDonald) is a office clerk who loves to enter contests and hopes for a better life for he and his fiancé Betty (Ellen Dew). ... more about Christmas in July
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3.1356
A shy millionaire, homeward bound after two years collecting snakes in the Brazilian jungle, encounters a gold-digger aboard an ocean liner. ... more about Lady Eve
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2.9276
After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careers over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. ... more about It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
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2.9208
Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there is little money for them to live on. ... more about Palm Beach Story
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2.9119
Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, and naive director of fluff films, with a heart-o-gold, who decides he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. ... more about Sullivan's Travels
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2.8796
Elvis Presley is Lucky Jackson, an aspiring auto racer with a dream of winning the Grand Prix. Sexy, spunky Ann-Margret is Rusty Martin, the swimming instructor who falls for him against her will, hating the idea of her man risking his life in a race car. ... more about Viva Las Vegas
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2.8528
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. ... more about Hail the Conquering Hero
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2.8326
Trudy Kockenlocker, a small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers, wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember--and she's pregnant. ... more about Miracle of Morgan's Creek
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Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more money and better working conditions. In order to find out who the organizers are, he gets a job at the store as a shoe salesman. ... more about Devil and Miss Jones
Not Available on DVD
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2.7668
This Disney sequel invites viewers back into the lab for more of the antics of "The Absent-Minded Professor."
Ned Brainard has already invented "flubber," a gravity-
defying goo that makes objects float. ... more about Son of Flubber
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2.6921
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. ... more about Easy Living
Not Available on DVD
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2.6871
In the company of reporter Michael Anthony, American heiress Sally Parker flees her planned wedding to Prince Igor; Sally is unaware of Mike's detestable occupation. The two steal an airplane that is part of a spy plot and discover secret plans. ... more about Love on the Run
Not Available on DVD
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2.6597
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. ... more about Great McGinty
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2.6506
Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad. The real Jarrad is hiding out wounded on the ranch of childhood sweetheart Cherry. ... more about Along Came Jones
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2.6452
Smalltime crookster and showman Jerry Flynn is desperately searching for a new act to promote in order to save him from ruin. He meets a boy on the street who claims to have a dancing caterpillar called Curly. ... more about Once Upon a Time
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2.6346
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson. A little Jewish boy comes up against the will of his father to be in showbiz, becomes a star, falls in love with a dancer not of his religion and marries her. ... more about Jolson Story
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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2.6163
Arlene is involved with underworld types. Her society girl sister believes it is only innocent thrill seeking; her stepfather fears it may be more criminal than that. Kidnap and murder plots ensue. ... more about Fog Over Frisco
Not Available on DVD
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2.5992
A woman is kidnapped. While in captivity, she manages to send a message out with a wandering cat. The cat's owner calls the FBI. The FBI tries to follow the cat. Jealous boyfriends and nosy neighbours also get in the act. ... more about That Darn Cat!
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2.4474
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton's wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. ... more about Big City
Not Available on DVD
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2.4474
Arch schemer Major Manning is fresh from prison but eager to hatch another "deal". He concocts a plan with his associates to sell stock in a worthless gold mine and skip with the profits. But first they need to establish the proper front. ... more about Don't Tell the Wife
Not Available on DVD
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2.4025
Fabius (George Sanders) loves his beautiful but vulnerable city, Rome, and he also loves his beautiful but invulnerable fiancee, Amytis (Esther Williams). ... more about Jupiter's Darling
Not Available on DVD
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2.3895
Regarded by many as the best of the Charlie Chan series. The opera star Gravelle suffers amnesia. He is a recent escapee from an insane asylum, accused of murdering fellow performers (his wife and her lover). ... more about Charlie Chan at the Opera
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2.3104
Hotel manicurist Regi Allen is a cynical golddigger who meets her match in Theodore 'Ted' Drew III. ... more about Hands Across the Table
24
2.2602
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. ... more about Murder Man
Not Available on DVD
25
2.2419
"Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. ... more about Stage Door Canteen
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2.2221
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne leave a marriage bureau when shots fired in a nearby theatre draw his attention to a string of theatrical murders. ... more about Dressed to Kill
27
2.2199
Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly in love with him, and a date at Carnegie Hall. ... more about Sincerely Yours
Not Available on DVD
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2.1917
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. ... more about Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Not Available on DVD
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2.1597
In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost (William Demarest) goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to "Dr. W.T.G. Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity. ... more about Great Moment
30
2.1560
In 1918 France, Captain Flagg commands a disreputable company of Marines; his new top sergeant is his old friendly enemy, Quirt. ... more about What Price Glory
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2.1072
Broadway gambler Gloves Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He sees nightclub singer Leda Hamilton leaving the bakery. When her boss Marty's partner Joe is murdered, Leda and her accompanist Pepi disappear. ... more about All Through the Night
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1.9756
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. ... more about Jolson Sings Again
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1.9314
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. ... more about Perils of Pauline
37
1.9033
A ruthless Union captain is renowned throughout his prison fort as the toughest soldier in the business, capable of capturing every escaped convict under his supervision. ... more about Escape from Fort Bravo
Not Available on DVD
38
1.8173
Hank owns horses, stables horses and races horses. He favorite horse always wins and he is prosperous and will known. His son (Bob), however dreams only of the future of the horseless carriage and not of the horse. ... more about First Auto
Not Available on DVD
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1.8173
Mike Morgan creates the illusions that magicians use in their shows. While his business is Miracles for Sale, his hobby is exposing fake spiritualists. ... more about Miracles for Sale
Not Available on DVD
40
1.7359
Who knew that an adorable little Welsh terrier could have such dangerous ties? When William "Bill" Denny (Farley Granger) is followed home by a little dog one day, he is totally oblivious to the danger and mayhem he has let himself in for. ... more about Behave Yourself!
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1.6446
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun about his "crazy invention", only his girl friend believes in him. ... more about Excuse My Dust
Not Available on DVD
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1.6164
Smith as an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railraod and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa). ... more about Whispering Smith
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Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troop is a slightly excentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out to do something strange (e.g. ... more about Bright Lights
Not Available on DVD
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Fred Stevens (Johnny Downs), on his way to New York City with hopes of succeeding as a songwriter, meets and falls in love with Edna Baker, an employee in a dentist's office. ... more about Blonde Trouble
Not Available on DVD
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Not Available on DVD
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Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker (William Demarest) signs Harry Lynn (Bert Wheeler), a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams (Marie Wilson). ... more about Cowboy Quarterback
Not Available on DVD
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United States has just acquired Louisiana from France. An expedition led by Lewis and Clark is sent to survey the territory and go where no white man has gone before. ... more about Far Horizons
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Marathon Pictures is stuck with Billy Doran (Darryl Hickman), Whiz Quiz radio show star but a flop in Hollywood. ... more about Glamour Boy
Not Available on DVD
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The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. ... more about Gracie Allen Murder Case
Not Available on DVD
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The first of three films made featuring the Nurse Sarah Keate character created by Mignon Eberhardt. This 20th Century-Fox film was followed by two from Warner Bros. ... more about Great Hospital Mystery
Not Available on DVD
73
0.0001
Freddie Frisby (Mickey Rooney) is informed by Bob Sears (William Demarest) that he can't marry Bob's daughter, Judy (Terry Moore), as he is only a fumbling failure as an orange picker, and Judy can do better. ... more about He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Not Available on DVD
74
0.0001
When ex-cop Steve Rollins is released from San Quentin after five years, his only thoughts are of revenge on the men who framed him for manslaughter. ... more about Hell on Frisco Bay
Not Available on DVD
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Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds fits in better with her social status. To get even, Pete wants to make an unknown singer into a star. ... more about Hit Parade of 1937
Not Available on DVD
77
0.0001
An arrogant young actress doesn't want to play "young" parts anymore, and runs off. The studio replaces her with the president of her fan club, who just happens to be a lookalike. ... more about Johnny Doughboy
Not Available on DVD
78
0.0001
Two young men (Ameche and Young) try to wrest their father (Collier) from the clutches of a gold digger (Birell) but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer (Simon) with whom they both fall in love. ... more about Josette
Not Available on DVD
79
0.0001
Moving from one scam to another Arnold Rothstein quickly becomes rich, and settles into the life of owning big-town gambling joints. ... more about King of the Roaring 20's - The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Not Available on DVD
80
0.0001
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. ... more about King of the Turf
Not Available on DVD
81
0.0001
For her birthday Ritchie Connors gives his wife Nora a coat from the store where he works. His workday gloom is made even worse when their friend from next-door shows up that evening in a mink. ... more about Lady Wants Mink
Not Available on DVD
82
0.0001
One of the best of Universal's "quickie" musicals with Johnny Downs as the world's most inept lawyer who continually appears before Edgar Kennedy, an easily-frustrated Judge wearing the business end of a mop as a toupee. ... more about Laugh It Off
Not Available on DVD
83
0.0001
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. ... more about Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Not Available on DVD
84
0.0001
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. ... more about Little Men
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Gracie Allen (Gracie Allen) assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen (George Barbier), turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual Gracie Allen logic---while distracted Papa is trying to get younger ... more about Many Happy Returns
Not Available on DVD
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Jane Withers entertains her teenage friends with archery and jitterbug dancing; Cesar Romero and Patricia Morison play backgammon; Rita Hayworth supervises the building of her new home; stars gather at Santa Anita for the San Antonio handicap. ... more about Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
Not Available on DVD
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When a plane crashes on a mountaintop Chris wants to plunder the wreckage. His older brother Zachary has given up mountain guide work but goes along rather than letting his brother risk it alone. The only survivor is a Hindu girl who Chris wants to kill. ... more about Mountain
Not Available on DVD
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One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, fellow sorority girl Mary O'Ryan decides to do some sleuthing on her own to unmask the killer. ... more about Nine Girls
Not Available on DVD
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Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. ... more about On Our Merry Way
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Cornelia and Emily, at college in the early 1920s, have triangle trouble with their beaus. Their affairs become entangled with those of a chance-met, kindly bootlegger. Much of the humor derives from pre-Roaring Twenties naivity. ... more about Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Not Available on DVD
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A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy before it fails its next inspection. ... more about Private War of Major Benson
Not Available on DVD
104
0.0001
Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. ... more about Rawhide Years
Not Available on DVD
105
0.0001
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast. ... more about Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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The Cisco Kid (Cesar Romero) is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores (Joan Woodbury) but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment, to help break up a kidnap ring. ... more about Ride on Vaquero
Not Available on DVD
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Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with loot from their latest scam, hide out in a small Maine town, near the Canadian border. However - the residents of this small town aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are. ... more about Sainted Sisters
Not Available on DVD
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0.0001
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must fake his identity to race. ... more about Salty O'Rourke
Not Available on DVD
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A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. ... more about Sorrowful Jones
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A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. ... more about True to Life
Not Available on DVD
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While doing her tight-rope act in a local circus, Daisy Hawkins (Judy Canova), see the owner shot by gangsters. The gangsters are after her to eliminate the only eye witness and the police chase her to testify against the gangsters. ... more about True to the Army
Not Available on DVD
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Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick ... more about Variety Girl
Not Available on DVD
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When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. ... more about When Willie Comes Marching Home
Not Available on DVD
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In 1924 Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress, but the dog, that followed her becomes the star. But Hollywood has its own rules of sucess. ... more about Won Ton Ton
Not Available on DVD
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A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo (Howard Duff) owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin (Lex Barker. ... more about Yellow Mountain
Not Available on DVD
0.5264
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