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Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter was an American actress who had a successful career in both theatre and film. She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1938 film "Jezebel." Bainter also served as the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1937 to 1939.

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Jezebel

Jezebel

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1938 IMDB Rating: 7.4

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

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Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

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The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 7

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

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State Fair

State Fair

Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1945 IMDB Rating: 7

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat...

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1947 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a myster...

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Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.

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The President's Lady

The President's Lady

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 6.8

The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legal...

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Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think...

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Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1941 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp fo...

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Close to My Heart

Close to My Heart

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 6.5

A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.

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