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Charles Middleton

Charles Middleton was an American actor born on October 3, 1874. He appeared in over 200 films, including his most iconic role as Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon movie serials of the 1930s. Middleton passed away in 1949 at the age of 74.

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The Fixer Uppers

The Fixer Uppers

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 7

Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

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Palmy Days

Palmy Days

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1931 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychic, is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed...

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The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1939 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Ollie is in love with a woman. When he discovers that she is already married, he tries to kill himself. Of course, the suicide is avoided and the boys join the Foreign Legion to get away from their tr...

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Hop-a-long Cassidy

Hop-a-long Cassidy

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 6.7

An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle. Each cattleman blames the other for missing cattle. With the h...

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The Miracle Rider

The Miracle Rider

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 6.7

In 1930s Texas, following the murder of his father, Tom Morgan joins the Texas Rangers to avenge his father's death and to follow in his path as a proponent of Indian rights. His task as a Ranger is t...

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Rocket Ship

Rocket Ship

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1938 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Condensed feature version of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. The film, which was shown outside the US as simply "Flash Gordon", was re-named Rocket Ship for its 1950 statesid...

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless i...

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The Oklahoma Kid

The Oklahoma Kid

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1939 IMDB Rating: 6.4

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land w...

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Northwest Trail

Northwest Trail

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1945 IMDB Rating: 5.7

Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders...

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Tomorrow at Seven

Tomorrow at Seven

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1933 IMDB Rating: 5.7

People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".

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