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Harlan Briggs is a Actor born on 16 august 1879
Harlan Briggs (1879-1952) was an American actor and Vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career.
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Birth 16 august 1879
Death 26 january 1952 (at 72 years)
Death 26 january 1952 (at 72 years)
Harlan Briggs (1879-1952) was an American actor and Vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career.
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Carrie (1952)
, 1h58Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley
Roles Joe Brant
Rating72%
Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago. On the train to Chicago, Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) approaches her. Although Carrie is reluctant to speak to him, the salesman persists and the two chat until they reach Chicago. Carrie gets off in South Chicago, the slums as Charles Drouet points out, after taking Drouet's business card.
Humoresque (1947)
, 2h5Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Joan Chandler, Peggy Knudsen
Roles Toy Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Rating72%
In New York City, a performance by noted violinist Paul Boray (John Garfield) is cancelled. At his apartment, Boray is at rock bottom emotionally. His manager Frederic Bauer (Richard Gaines) is angry with him for misunderstanding what a performing career would be like, and for thinking that music is no longer part of his life. To the more sympathetic Sid Jeffers (Oscar Levant), Boray says he has always wanted to do the right thing, but has always been "on the outside, looking in," and cannot "get back to that happy kid" he once was.
Cynthia (1947)
, 1h38Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, Mary Astor, S.Z. Sakall, Gene Lockhart, Jimmy Lydon
Roles J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware
Rating61%
Spoilers of the North (1947)
, 1h6Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Evelyn Ankers, Paul Kelly, Lorna Gray, James Millican, Roy Barcroft, Louis Jean Heydt
Roles Salty
Rating59%
This script must be run from the command line
Danger Street (1947)
, 1h8Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Jane Withers, Robert Lowery, Bill Edwards, Elaine Riley, Lyle Talbot, Will Wright
Roles Darnstein
Rating56%
A Double Life (1947)
, 1h44Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about television, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins, Millard Mitchell
Roles Oscar Bernard
Rating69%
Celebrated stage actor Anthony John (Ronald Colman) has driven away his actress wife Brita (Signe Hasso) with his erratic temper. However, they star together in the play Othello. Gradually, his portrayal of a jealous murderer undermines his sanity, and he kills his mistress, Pat Kroll (Shelley Winters).
Magnificent Doll (1946)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Burgess Meredith, Peggy Wood, Stephen McNally, Robert Barrat
Roles Quinn
Rating60%
Biographie romancée de Dolly Madison, la femme de James Madison, quatrième président des États-Unis.
My Pal Trigger (1946)
, 1h19Directed by Yakima Canutt, Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Jack Holt, George "Gabby" Hayes, Bob Nolan, Roy Barcroft
Roles Dr. Bentley
Rating62%
Roy Rogers, a horse dealer and a peddler of leather goods, is hoping to mate his mare named "Lady" with Golden Sovereign, a stallion owned by rancher Gabby Kendrick (George "Gabby" Hayes). Kendrick refuses, preferring to mate the stallion with his own stock. Brett Scoville (Jack Holt), a wealthy rancher and nightclub owner, wants to mate the stallion with his mare, as well, and to that end, steals the stallion. Golden Sovereign breaks free, finds Lady, and has a romantic interlude with her in the hills.
Mysterious Intruder (1946)
, 1h1Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Regis Toomey, Mike Mazurki, Pamela Blake, Charles Lane
Roles Mr. Brown
Rating63%
Edward Stillwell, the aged proprietor of a music store, hires private detective Don Gale (Dix) to find Elora Lund, a then 14-year-old who vanished seven years ago at the time her mother died. Stillwell can only pay $100, but hints mysteriously that finding Lund could make Gale a rich man.
Canyon Passage (1946)
, 1h32Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Ward Bond, Lloyd Bridges
Roles Dr. Balance
Rating68%
In 1856, ambitious freight company and store owner Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews) agrees to escort Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward) home to the settlement of Jacksonville, Oregon, along with his latest shipment. Lucy is engaged to Logan's best friend, George Camrose (Brian Donlevy). The night before they depart, however, Logan has to defend himself from a sneak attack in his hotel room; though it is too dark to be sure, he believes his assailant is Honey Bragg (Ward Bond). Later, he explains to Susan that he once saw Bragg leaving the vicinity of two murdered miners. Despite Logan's unwillingness to accuse Bragg (since he did not actually witness the crime), Bragg apparently wants to take no chances.
Conflict (1945)
, 1h26Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart, Charles Drake, Grant Mitchell
Roles Pawnbroker #2 (uncredited)
Rating70%
On the surface, Richard (Humphrey Bogart) and Kathryn Mason (Rose Hobart) appear to be a happily married couple. But on their fifth wedding anniversary, Kathryn accuses Richard of having fallen in love with her younger sister, Evelyn Turner (Alexis Smith), who is visiting them. He does not deny it, but has resigned himself to leaving things as they are, since he is certain Kathryn would not give him a divorce. At a party celebrating the couple's anniversary hosted by family friend and psychologist Dr. Mark Hamilton (Sydney Greenstreet), Evelyn meets with Mark's handsome young colleague, Professor Norman Holdsworth (Charles Drake). On the way home, Kathryn suggests to Evelyn that their mother is lonely, so Evelyn decides to move home. Distracted by this unwelcome news, Richard crashes their car and suffers a broken leg. He then decides to take desperate action.
The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Spring Byington, Rita Quigley, Elizabeth Patterson, Juanita Quigley
Roles Mr. Rogard
Rating67%
Based on the true story of turn-of-the-century Robert Yancey, lawyer and ever-popular politician in Virginia. The film starts with the statement, "This is the story of a vanishing era when simple men so loved their country, their families and their friends that America became a better place in which to live. Such a man was Cap'n Bob Yancey."
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
, 1h21Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Brian Donlevy, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Montagu Love, Gilbert Emery, Brandon Hurst
Roles Sheriff Clem Watkins
Rating66%
, 1hDirected by Harold Young
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Edgar Kennedy, Catherine Doucet
Roles Luke Simpson
Rating56%
With a helpful push from his wife Minerva, Lemuel P. Twine, "Lem", decides to enter the scene of politics, by running a campaign as reform-mayor of his hometown Witumpka Falls. Normally he runs the Twine's Tasty Pudding Powder Company.
Among the Living (1941)
, 1h7Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Harry Carey, Frances Farmer, Gordon Jones, Rod Cameron
Roles Judge
Rating63%
Albert Dekker plays twins, John and Paul. Paul was supposed to have died when he was 10 years old, but actually went insane and was shut up in a secret room in his parents' mansion.