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Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton was an American character actor who appeared in over 120 films and television programs throughout his career, best known for his distinctive voice and comedic timing. He played the roles of fussy, pretentious, and often befuddled men in both films and on stage, earning several awards and nominations for his work. Horton died in 1970 at the age of 84.

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Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1944 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his...

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Top Hat

Top Hat

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont be...

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Holiday

Holiday

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1938 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny...

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Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 7.6

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains f...

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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 7.6

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body i...

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Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 7.5

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie...

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The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1934 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer...

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Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1961 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

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The Front Page

The Front Page

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1931 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the...

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The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

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