Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Don Ameche born Dominic Felix Amici May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film career surged in a comeback in the 1980s with fine work as an aging millionaire in Trading Places (1983) and a rejuvenated oldster in Cocoon (1985). Don Ameche was an Academy Award winning American actor. Ameche, standing in at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born May 31, 1908 (Gemini) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA as Dominic Felix Amici to mother, Barbara Edda (Hertel) and father, Felice Amici, a bartender. Has a younger brother Jim Ameche. His father was an Italian immigrant. His mother had German, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. Americans pronounced his last name incorrectly in Italian ("Ah-mee-see"). So he changed it from "Amici" (correctly pronounced "Ah-mee-chee") into "Ameche", in order to keep the original Italian pronunciation. He had the nickname "The Latin Lover". Married Honore Prendergast on the 6th of December 1932. They had 6 children together. Became a father for the first time at age 25 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Dominic Felix Ameche--aka Don Ameche Jr. on October 3, 1933. Became a father for the second time at age 27 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Ronald Ameche on December 30, 1935. He died on January 2, 2001 in Iowa, aged 65. Became a father for the third time at age 31 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Thomas Anthony Ameche on July 20, 1939. Became a father for the fourth time at age 32 when his wife Honore gave birth to their son Lawrence Michael Ameche on July 20, 1940. Became a father for the fifth time at age 36 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Barbara Balinda Ameche on March 13, 1945. Became a father for the sixth time at age 39 when his wife Honore gave birth to their daughter Constance Victoria Ameche on February 22, 1948. His wife of 54 years, died on the 5th of September 1986. He died on December 6, 1993 at the age of 85 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA from prostate cancer.

  • Title: Don Ameche
  • Popularity: 10.824
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1908-05-31
  • Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
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  • Also Known As: Дон Амичи, Dominic Felix Amici
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Don Ameche Movies

  • 1983
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    Trading Places

    Trading Places

    7.22 1983 HD

    A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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  • 1985
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    Cocoon

    Cocoon

    6.6 1985 HD

    When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

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  • 1988
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    Cocoon: The Return

    Cocoon: The Return

    6.5 1988 HD

    The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows...

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  • 1993
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    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

    7 1993 HD

    Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise...

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  • 1939
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    7.4 1939 HD

    An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.

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  • 1991
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    Oscar

    Oscar

    6.3 1991 HD

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite...

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  • 1987
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    Harry and the Hendersons

    Harry and the Hendersons

    6.096 1987 HD

    Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they...

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  • 1970
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    The Boatniks

    The Boatniks

    5.3 1970 HD

    Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him...

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  • 1941
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    Moon Over Miami

    Moon Over Miami

    6.1 1941 HD

    After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find...

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  • 1940
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    Down Argentine Way

    Down Argentine Way

    6 1940 HD

    The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their...

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  • 1938
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    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    Alexander's Ragtime Band

    6.6 1938 HD

    Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls...

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  • 1938
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    Happy Landing

    Happy Landing

    5.3 1938 HD

    Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.

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  • 1941
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    That Night in Rio

    That Night in Rio

    6.2 1941 HD

    An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.

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  • 1992
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    Folks!

    Folks!

    5.5 1992 HD

    A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life...

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  • 1939
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    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    6 1939 HD

    Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice....

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  • 1943
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    Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

    6.9 1943 HD

    Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of...

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  • 1944
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    Wing and a Prayer

    Wing and a Prayer

    6.5 1944 HD

    An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of...

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  • 1939
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    Hollywood Cavalcade

    Hollywood Cavalcade

    5.1 1939 HD

    Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...

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  • 1988
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    Things Change

    Things Change

    6.2 1988 HD

    Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder...

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  • 1937
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    Love Is News

    Love Is News

    6 1937 HD

    When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are...

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  • 1948
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    Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love

    6.3 1948 HD

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

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  • 1941
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    The Feminine Touch

    The Feminine Touch

    5.1 1941 HD

    A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind...

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  • 1941
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    Confirm or Deny

    Confirm or Deny

    3.8 1941 HD

    Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the...

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  • 1946
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    So Goes My Love

    So Goes My Love

    7 1946 HD

    Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Herman Maxim, a struggling...

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  • 1938
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    In Old Chicago

    In Old Chicago

    6.444 1938 HD

    The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

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  • 1943
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    Something to Shout About

    Something to Shout About

    5.8 1943 HD

    A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.

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  • 1966
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    Picture Mommy Dead

    Picture Mommy Dead

    5.2 1966 HD

    Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a...

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  • 1940
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    Four Sons

    Four Sons

    7 1940 HD

    Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

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  • 1939
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    5.8 1939 HD

    A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under...

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  • 1937
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    One in a Million

    One in a Million

    7 1937 HD

    American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.

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  • 1945
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    Guest Wife

    Guest Wife

    6.2 1945 HD

    Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war...

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  • 1936
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    Ramona

    Ramona

    5.1 1936 HD

    Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by...

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  • 1937
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    Love Under Fire

    Love Under Fire

    5.5 1937 HD

    A suspense-thriller-comedy set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.

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  • 1939
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    Swanee River

    Swanee River

    1 1939 HD

    Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl,...

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  • 1961
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    A Fever in the Blood

    A Fever in the Blood

    6.5 1961 HD

    A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their...

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  • 1944
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    Greenwich Village

    Greenwich Village

    6 1944 HD

    In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

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  • 1940
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    Lillian Russell

    Lillian Russell

    6.1 1940 HD

    Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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  • 1936
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    Ladies In Love

    Ladies In Love

    5.8 1936 HD

    Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

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  • 1990
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    Oddball Hall

    Oddball Hall

    1 1990 HD

    Elderly jewel thieves on the run from the law pass themselves off as wizards to a village of bewildered Africans.

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  • 1972
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    Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

    5.6 1972 HD

    Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.

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  • 1987
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    Pals

    Pals

    3.7 1987 HD

    Two retired fishing buddies stumble on an unmarked suitcase filled with three million dollars in cash. Then the fun starts flying as fast as bullets.

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  • 1949
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    Slightly French

    Slightly French

    7.2 1949 HD

    A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new...

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  • 1941
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    Kiss the Boys Goodbye

    Kiss the Boys Goodbye

    5 1941 HD

    New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her...

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

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  • 1970
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    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

    5 1970 HD

    War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries...

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  • 1947
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    That's My Man

    That's My Man

    6 1947 HD

    A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose...

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  • 1942
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    The Magnificent Dope

    The Magnificent Dope

    7.2 1942 HD

    Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope"...

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  • 1937
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    You Can't Have Everything

    You Can't Have Everything

    5.7 1937 HD

    Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon...

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  • 1939
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    Land of Liberty

    Land of Liberty

    1 1939 HD

    This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

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  • 1938
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    Josette

    Josette

    6.7 1938 HD

    Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they...

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  • 1938
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    Gateway

    Gateway

    6.5 1938 HD

    Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in...

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  • 1942
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    Girl Trouble

    Girl Trouble

    6.5 1942 HD

    A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.

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  • 1945
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    It's in the Bag!

    It's in the Bag!

    5 1945 HD

    The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

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  • 1936
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    Sins of Man

    Sins of Man

    1 1936 HD

    Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the...

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  • 1968
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    Shadow Over Elveron

    Shadow Over Elveron

    8.3 1968 HD

    A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager,...

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  • 1997
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    Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

    Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

    7 1997 HD

    Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.

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  • 1988
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    Coming to America

    Coming to America

    6.882 1988 HD

    An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In...

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  • 1967
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    Rings Around the World

    Rings Around the World

    1 1967 HD

    While writing a book on the circus, author John Shawcross reflects upon the great acts he has seen over the years and the mystique of circus people....

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  • 1986
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    A Masterpiece of Murder

    A Masterpiece of Murder

    1 1986 HD

    An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.

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  • 1937
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    Fifty Roads to Town

    Fifty Roads to Town

    1 1937 HD

    A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.

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  • 1994
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    Corrina, Corrina

    Corrina, Corrina

    6.682 1994 HD

    When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper...

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  • 1997
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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    5 1997 HD

    A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one...

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  • 1992
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    Sunstroke

    Sunstroke

    3 1992 HD

    After a bitter divorce, Teresa embarks on a noir journey to recover custody of her daughter. Murder, blackmail, and a mysterious stranger await her...

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  • 1939
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    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8

    4 1939 HD

    Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann...

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  • 1982
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    Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

    6 1982 HD

    The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...

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  • 2009
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    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing

    6 2009 HD

    This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

    Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as...

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  • 1985
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    The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

    7.5 1985 HD

    Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely,...

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  • 1971
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    Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

    6.9 1971 HD

    Alias Smith and Jones is an American Western series that originally aired on ABC from 1971 to 1973. It stars Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben...

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  • 1963
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    Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

    5.8 1963 HD

    The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.3 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1963
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    The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    5 1963 HD

    Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.

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  • 1970
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    McCloud

    McCloud

    7.1 1970 HD

    Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a...

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  • 1953
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    Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

    Coke Time with Eddie Fisher

    1 1953 HD

    Coke Time with Eddie Fisher is an American musical variety television series starring singer Eddie Fisher which was broadcast by NBC on Wednesday...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1976
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    Good Heavens

    Good Heavens

    5.5 1976 HD

    Good Heavens was an ABC comedy anthology series produced by Columbia Pictures Television that aired between February 29 to June 26, 1976. It ranked...

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  • 1975
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    Ellery Queen

    Ellery Queen

    7.4 1975 HD

    Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1973
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    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    4.5 1973 HD

    In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally...

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.1 1971 HD

    Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing...

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  • 1957
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    The Lux Show

    The Lux Show

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

    6 1957 HD

    DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.36 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1957
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    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    5.7 1957 HD

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1970
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6 1970 HD

    Julia is an American sitcom notable for being one of the first weekly series to depict an African American woman in a non-stereotypical role....

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