Heinie Conklin
Actor · 1880 – 1959 · San Francisco, California, USA
Heinie Conklin (born Charles John Conklin; July 16, 1880 – July 30, 1959) was an American actor and comedian whose career began in the silent film era.
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Movie7.2DramaA young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
Baby Face
1933 · 162 votes
Movie8.3ComedyDramaA bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Modern Times
1936 · 4.2K votes
Movie7.8DramaWarWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 976 votes
Movie8.0AdventureComedyA gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
The Gold Rush
1925 · 1.9K votes
Movie8.0DramaComedyLem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
Our Leading Citizen
1939 · 2 votes
Movie7.1DramaMusicA movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
A Star Is Born
1954 · 340 votes
Movie7.7DramaRomanceIt's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · 769 votes
Movie6.7WesternDramaIndian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
Broken Arrow
1950 · 229 votes
Movie7.9ComedyDramaCharlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
The Circus
1928 · 922 votes
Movie6.7ComedyScience FictionResearch chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
Monkey Business
1952 · 308 votes
Movie7.3ComedyMysteryAfter returning to San Francisco, Nick and Nora Charles are drawn into the disappearance of Nora’s cousin’s husband. When he is found murdered, suspicion falls on the troubled family, and Nick reluctantly resumes his detective work. With Nora eagerly at his side, the pair follows a trail of jealousy, blackmail, secret relationships, and long-buried family scandals.
After the Thin Man
1936 · 206 votes
Movie7.4WesternThe fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
The Gunfighter
1950 · 217 votes
Movie7.3DramaFamilyThe story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · 148 votes
Movie7.4ThrillerCrimeIn New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
Pickup on South Street
1953 · 335 votes
Movie6.8DramaThe turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · 45 votes
Movie6.5AdventureDramaTensions erupt within an Arizona cattle baron's household when his three sons vie for control of the ranch.
Broken Lance
1954 · 88 votes
Movie7.0ComedyFantasyBoxer 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 is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 · 126 votes
Movie5.9ComedyCrimeNew York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more male friends than can be imagined. One is a vicious escaped criminal on the way to see 'his' girl, unaware she hasn't exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · 137 votes
Movie6.8DramaA Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
A Hatful of Rain
1957 · 31 votes
Movie7.1WesternDrifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
The Westerner
1940 · 139 votes
Movie6.1DramaWhen Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
The Lady Gambles
1949 · 34 votes
Movie5.6ComedyTwo bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
Lost in a Harem
1944 · 18 votes
Movie5.2DramaFantasyPaula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
Jungle Woman
1944 · 21 votes
Movie5.9DramaFamily11 year old Davy discovers that a chained gentle dog, Buck, is badly wounded around the neck because of the thick, tight collar he is made to constantly wear by his unfeeling owner. When Buck comes through the fence and becomes stuck, Davy removes the collar. Even though the boy tells him to stay in his owner's yard, the dog follows him home.
A Boy and His Dog
1946 · 16 votes