Fredrick Y. Smith

Nacimiento : 1903-09-23, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1991-01-18

Películas

Truth and Illusion: An Introduction to Metaphysics
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A meditation or film-essay on metaphysics, perception, and the purpose and progress of mankind.
Misty
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Every year the Chincoteague fire department rounds up the wild ponies of Assateague Island and holds an auction to thin out the herd. The young children set out to raise enough money in hopes that the Phantom will be caught in this years round up. They soon realize they will get more than they bargained for when the Phantom has a surprise for everyone: a foal named Misty.
All Hands on Deck
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The admiral is coming, so a sailor and his buddy hide their girlfriend and pet turkey.
For the Love of Mike
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An orphan trains a racehorse so he can win the money to build a new church.
Four Girls in Town
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Cuatro aspirantes a estrellas, procedentes de diversas partes del mundo, son llamadas a Hollywood para una audición. Cada una es acosada por un director, un compositor, un playboy y un actor, respectivamente.
Rock, Pretty Baby
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A high school rock group enters a band contest.
Our Miss Brooks
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The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
I, the Jury
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in his first film adventure. Originally screened in 3D.
Confidentially Connie
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Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.
Sky Full of Moon
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A cowboy seeks fame and fortune in Las Vegas where he meets a girl working in a casino.
Holiday for Sinners
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Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.
Bannerline
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A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Grounds for Marriage
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Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.
Mujer sin pasaporte
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Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), una organización mafiosa dirigida por un tal Palinov se dedica al tráfico ilegal de personas que desean entrar en los Estados Unidos. Karczag Peter, un agente de los servicios de inmigración americanos, es enviado a La Habana, donde debe hacerse pasar por húngaro y encontrar a Palinov. Durante su peligrosa investigación, se enamora de la refugiada Marianne Lorress.
La dinastía de los Forsyte
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Historia de amor de una mujer de alta alcurnia, que se acaba enamorando del prometido de su sobrina, lo cual deparará inesperadas consecuencias.
The Secret Land
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This documentary, filmed entirely by military photographers, recounts the U.S. Navy's 1946-47 expedition to Antarctica, known as Operation High Jump. The expedition was under the overall command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, no stranger to the Antarctic. This was a large undertaking involving 13 ships and over 4000 thousand men. The fleet departed from Norfolk, Virginia traveling through the Panama canal and then southward to their final destination. The trip through the ice pack was fraught with danger and forced the submarine that was part of the fleet to withdraw. The trip was a success meeting all of its scientific goals.
La sirena del Congo
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Harry Witzel administra una plantación de caucho perdida en una selva africana. Recibe con poco entusiasmo a su nuevo ayudante, Mr Langford, con la certeza de que éste no soportará la vida en la plantación. A pesar de las advertencias de Witzel, el recién llegado sucumbirá a los encantos de Tondelayo, una hermosa, a la par que mezquina, nativa.
Maisie Gets Her Man
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Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
This Time for Keeps
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Lee, que acaba de casarse con Katherine, se propone un descanso de sus responsabilidades matrimoniales cuando Katherine se va a la boda de una amiga. Pero pronto se aburre y acaba en casa de los suegros. Lo malo es que también se cansa de las injerencias de su suegro en su vida personal, lo cual le provoca problemas con Katherine.
Lady Be Good
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Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
Ringside Maisie
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Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Maisie Was a Lady
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Maisie es contratada como criada de una familia de ricos excéntricos.
Gold Rush Maisie
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Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Congo Maisie
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Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.
Otra reunión de acusados
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A Nick y a Nora Charles, un matrimonio muy excéntrico, les apasiona ejercer de detectives aficionados. Un día, la familia Charles, después de pasar un fin de semana fuera, regresa a su casa en compañía de un industrial de Long Island que sospecha que alguien quiere matarle, e inmediatamente su temor se hace realidad. Lo peor es que Nick está entre los sospechosos, pero Nora tiene sus propias ideas sobre el caso y se escabulle dentro de un club para buscar pistas.
Miracles for Sale
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A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Maisie
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Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.
The Kid From Texas
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A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
Let Freedom Ring
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A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
Dramatic School
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Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
Three Loves Has Nancy
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A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Fast Company
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Un matrimonio librero aficionado a las historias detectivescas intenta ayudar a un amigo en aclarar un crimen de un rival también librero
Port of Seven Seas
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En el puerto de Marsella, Honoré Panisse está enamorado de la preciosa Madelon. Panisse suele jugar a las cartas con César, padre de Marius, el muchacho de quien Madelon está enamorada. Un día, Marius le envía a Madelon una nota diciéndole que se embarca durante tres años. Panisse pide la mano de Madelon una vez más. Ella descubre que está embarazada y va a explicarle por qué no se puede casar con él, pero finalmente Madelon accede al matrimonio por el bien del niño. Un año después, Marius regresa inesperadamente.
Maniquí
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Después de un desgraciado matrimonio con un delincuente, Jessie, una mujer que desea abandonar el humilde barrio de Nueva York en el que siempre ha vivido, hace realidad su sueño cuando conoce al naviero Hennessey.
Big City
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Taxista en una empresa de Independientes, Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy), está felizmente casado con la linda Anna (Luise Rainer).... pero, su felicidad se ve repentinamente amenazada, cuando ciertos "todopoderosos" pretenden expulsarla del país para acallar un asesinato. Por suerte, Joe y Anna, cuentan con un montón de verdaderos amigos.
Parnell
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Biografía del político irlandés Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891), que en 1875 fue elegido miembro del Parlamento Británico, gracias a lo cual consiguió reactivar el movimiento independentista de Irlanda. Su relación durante años con una mujer casada acabó con su carrera política. El hecho de que la censura modificara este episodio acabó siendo el principal defecto de la película.
Una mujer difamada
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Cuando Loy, una diva social, calumnia al periodista Tracy, éste decide contraatacar implicando en el asunto a su prometida y al desafortunado Powell, un famosísimo pescador deportivo. El plan de Tracy incluye un matrimonio improvisado, una falsa seducción, la pesca de la trucha, puñetazos, promesas rotas...
Muñecos infernales
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Un preso condenado injustamente se escapa del penal de la Isla del Diablo. Para evitar ser descubierto, se disfraza de anciana y lleva consigo una extraña pócima que tiene el poder de reducir el tamaño y la inteligencia de los seres humanos. A continuación, se esconde en un laboratorio para planear su venganza contra los que lo enviaron a prisión.
Adán sin Eva
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Un técnico norteamericano, en pleno Polo Norte, lleva dos años sin ver a su mujer. Una hermosa piloto llega a su jurisdicción por accidente.
Britannia of Billingsgate
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The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a beautiful singing voice, and when that fact comes to the attention of a movie studio, it begins to turn her and her family's lives upside down.
El rápido de Roma
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En un tren expreso un grupo variopinto de personas se ve envuelto en una trama de ladrones y chantajistas, tan rápida como el mismo tren. El grupo, entre otros, está formado por una estrella de Hollywood y su publicista, una pareja adúltera, un filántropo, un obsesionado golfista, un aprensivo y dos bandidos que persiguen a otro.
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 7: 'The Spoon'
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Bobby Jones instructs a husband and the judge in his divorce proceedings on proper use of the Spoon.
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'
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Bobby Jones gives a truant salesman some driving tips while his angry boss looks on.
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
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Bobby Jones shows Huntley Gordon and Vivian Oakland some tips on the use of the niblick (9 iron)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
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Bobby Jones teaches a group of truant businessman how to improve their chip shots.
The Truth About Youth
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Una cantante de cabaret que vive por todo lo alto no se da cuenta que su último novio es pobre.
Sweet Mama
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A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she loves.