Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

August 30, 1906 · 120 years old

Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress. After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career. Establishing herself as a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and televisio…

Known For

19 titles
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Grease

Grease

1978 · 1h 50m · Movie

Good girl Sandy Olsson and greaser Danny Zuko fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

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The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

1931 · 1h 23m · Movie

An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

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The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

1965 · 1h 42m · Movie

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

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Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

1947 · 1h 50m · Movie

The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.

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Desk Set

Desk Set

1957 · 1h 43m · Movie

Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a television network's research department.

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Gold Diggers of 1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933 · 1h 37m · Movie

A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945 · 2h 9m · Movie

Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.

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Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971 · 1h 31m · Movie

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

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Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933 · 1h 44m · Movie

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

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Night Nurse

Night Nurse

1931 · 1h 12m · Movie

A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.

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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1957 · 1h 33m · Movie

To save his career, a writer for television advertising wants a famous actress to endorse a lipstick. In return, he has to pretend to be her new lover.

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Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936 · 1h 22m · Movie

When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup. He fires NYPD Detective Blake, who punches him and joins the racket.

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Waterhole #3

Waterhole #3

1967 · 1h 35m · Movie

Professional gambler Lewton Cole kills a Confederate soldier, then finds a map pinpointing the desert location where stolen Army gold bullion is buried. Cole plans to retrieve it, but other parties are searching for it, too.

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Stand-In

Stand-In

1937 · 1h 31m · Movie

A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.

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Adventure

Adventure

1945 · 2h 5m · Movie

Dark, romantic, complicated drama about a rowdy merchant mariner and sophisticated librarian who clash over their lifestyles and values - and then fall in love.

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Millie

Millie

1931 · 1h 25m · Movie

Millie's life begins to crumble when she finds out her husband is having an affair.

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976 · 1h 32m · Movie

In 1924, Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress but the dog that followed her becomes the star. Hollywood has its own rules of success.

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Sinners' Holiday

Sinners' Holiday

1930 · 1h 0m · Movie

Ma Delano (Lucille LaVerne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade and lives upstairs with her sons Harry and Joe (James Cagney and Ray Gallagher) and daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp); their story involves rum-running, accidental murder, and...

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Brother Can You Spare a Dime

Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1975 · 1h 43m · Movie

A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman.

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