Anne O'Neal
Actor · 1893 – 1971 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Anne O'Neal (born Patsy Ann Epperson) was a film and television character actress. She is best remembered for portraying landladies, teachers, and secretaries, usually uncredited. In the 1930s she worked with the Columbia Pictures short-subject unit. In the 1940s she was a semi-regular in various productions at MGM.
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Movie7.4ComedyDramaKris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · 875 votes
Movie7.1ComedyFantasyAn Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · 290 votes
Movie7.3DramaRomanceThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · 498 votes
Movie7.4CrimeDramaA seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
The Woman in the Window
1944 · 400 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceSpoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
Heaven Can Wait
1943 · 254 votes
Movie6.6DramaMusicDiscovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · 40 votes
Movie6.2WesternCowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.
In Old Oklahoma
1943 · 47 votes
Movie6.7ComedyMusicTwo co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 · 42 votes
Movie6.7AdventureDramaHuckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · 21 votes
Movie6.7ComedyWesternGunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Annie Get Your Gun
1950 · 88 votes
Movie7.4CrimeRomanceBart Tare, an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival alongside her. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, at Starr's behest, the couple embarks on a crime spree for cash.
Gun Crazy
1950 · 317 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceComedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Swing Fever
1943 · 4 votes
Movie6.4ComedyCrimeFormer bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · 47 votes
Movie6.1CrimeHistoryJack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960 · 26 votes
Movie6.2ComedyMusicAn Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · 39 votes
Movie6.3WesternDramaFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Honky Tonk
1941 · 19 votes
Movie6.2HorrorScience FictionA small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
The Vampire
1957 · 35 votes
Movie6.5FamilyMusicThe future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
They Shall Have Music
1939 · 11 votes
Movie6.8CrimeDramaGypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
The Informer
1935 · 132 votes
Movie6.9DramaAn Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Sister Kenny
1946 · 19 votes
Movie5.9DramaMysteryA choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · 13 votes
Movie5.8ComedyCrimeAn assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Mr. District Attorney
1941 · 9 votes
Movie7.0WesternSlick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence if he poses as a bandit. His mission is to uncover the identity of the Poet, a notorious outlaw who has been holding up bank-owned stagecoaches and leaving verses at the crime scenes to taunt the authorities. James finds time to woo the Poet's lovely wife, Ann, who initially cold-shoulders him. But, as a romance develops, they partner up to find the robber.
Cheyenne
1947 · 12 votes
Movie6.8ComedyAsaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 · 4 votes
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TV8.5Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryAn anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Twilight Zone
1959 · 1.1K votes
TV6.8WesternAction & AdventureThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
The Lone Ranger
1949 · 36 votes
TV6.7WesternAction & AdventureGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
Gunsmoke
1955 · 119 votes
TV6.8DramaAn anthology series based on the activities of clergymen from different denominations.
Crossroads
1955 · 4 votes