Leonard Smith
Nacimiento : 1894-04-19, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Muerte : 1947-10-20
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Leonard Smith (April 19, 1894 – October 20, 1947) was a cinematographer who had over 70 film credits from a career that spanned from 1915 to 1946.
Smith's start as a cinematographer came on the now lost 1915 silent film The Battle Cry of Peace. Throughout his career he also occasionally worked in the camera and electrical department.
Smith's first Academy Award for Best Cinematography (color) nomination came in 1942, for his work on Billy the Kid, sharing the nomination with William V. Skall. In 1944 he was nominated for Lassie Come Home. Smith was again nominated in 1946 for National Velvet, and in 1947, shortly before his death, he received his sole win, for The Yearling. He shared the award with Arthur Arling and Charles Rosher. All of Smith's nominations and wins were in the Color category.
Smith served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1941 until his death on October 20, 1947, at the age of 53.
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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).
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Los Baxter son un matrimonio de granjeros que tienen un hijo de once años. Mientras que él es un hombre bueno y trabajador que trata cariñosamente a su hijo, ella es una mujer fria y distante que impone a su familia una estricta disciplina y no permite que nada altere las normas. Un día, yendo de caza, el padre mata a una gacela que acababa de parir y le regala a su hijo el cervatillo, que se convertirá en su compañero de juegos.
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Lassie es llamada a filas cuando estalla la II Guerra Mundial, y tras un duro entrenamiento realiza acciones heroicas en el frente. Pero su carácter ahora es diferente...
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Mike Taylor (Mickey Rooney), aventurero y oportunista, llega por azar a la casa de una apacible familia inglesa. Velvet (Liz Taylor), la hija menor de los Brown, que siente una pasión incontrolable por los caballos, gana un hermoso ejemplar jugando a la lotería. Entonces Taylor la convence para llevar el caballo al Grand National, la carrera más importante de Inglaterra.
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Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
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En vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un pueblo minero en Yorkshire (Reino Unido), la familia Carraclough está atravesando dificultades económicas. Un día la situación es tal que se ven obligados a vender a Lassie, una inteligente y preciosa Collie que tienen, al Duque de Rudling. Pero Lassie consigue escaparse, y es entonces cuando se da cuenta de que está a 800 kilómetros de su casa, en el remoto castillo del Duque en la costa norte de Escocia. Pero nada la detiene; está decidida a superar todos los obstáculos que se le pongan por delante para volver al hogar que tanto echa de menos... (FILMAFFINITY)
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Un cadete de una academia militar invita a Lucille Ball a participar en el gran baile de la academia. Su agente la convence de que vaya para dar un empujón a su carrera. Las cosas se complican cuando aparece sin previo aviso la novia del cadete.
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Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
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Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
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A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit.
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John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5 year old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness, but he softens in the end.
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Durante un tiempo, Billy el Niño vivió pacificamente trabajando en el rancho de un civilizado y generoso colono inglés, partidario de mantener la ley y el orden sin necesidad de recurrir a la violencia. Pero, cuando el ranchero es asesinado por los pistoleros del cacique del pueblo, Billy decide vengarlo.
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Los hermanos Marx se dirigen al Oeste a hacer fortuna. Allí adquieren una propiedad de una mina sin valor pero cuyo terreno es muy codiciado por una compañía de ferrocarriles... Otra divertidísima comedia de los hermanos Marx con inolvidables gags entre los que destaca la delirante escena inicial del timo mutuo en la estación.
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A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their tearful goodbye, the home's residents vote to allow the couple to move in together. The Captain is a reluctant lodger, uncomfortable at being surrounded by so much femininity, and bristles when his pals start referring to him as "Old Lady". The time has come for Captain Peabody to reassert his manhood!
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Victor Roth es un profesor universitario que vive tranquilamente con su familia en un pequeño pueblo del sur de los Alpes alemanes. Pero, cuando Hitler llega al poder (1933), los Roth, como todas las familias de origen judío, se ven obligados a separarse. Además Roth ve cómo su carrera se arruina y cómo sus hijos varones apoyan el nacionalsocialismo. En cambio, su hija Freya (Sullavan) y su prometido Martin (Stewart) ven con claridad meridiana que la única salida es huir del país.
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Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive. Director William Thiele's 1940 film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton, Harold Huber, Donald Meek, Nat Pendleton, Renie Riano, Frank Albertson, Reginald Owen, Ann Morriss and Richard Carle.
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Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
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Los Hermanos Marx tratar de ayudar al dueño de un circo a recuperar algunos fondos robados antes de que se encuentre a él mismo sin trabajo.
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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.
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Un avión se estrella en medio de la jungla y el único superviviente es un niño pequeño. Tarzán y Jane lo encuentran y lo acogen como un hijo. Años después, una expedición organizada por la familia del chico se adentra en la jungla intentando encontrar al pequeño.
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Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with there own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
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En 1840, un rico empresario del ferrocarril contrata a un hombre para investigar una ruta por la que cree se están transportando esclavos.
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Siglo XVIII. La princesa de Austria María Antonieta (Shearer) se casa con el delfín de Francia, Luis XVI (Morley), un hombre tan retraído que su relación con la joven es puramente formal. Antonieta se dejará fascinar por las fiestas de París y derrochará el dinero a manos llenas, aunque esta situación no durará mucho. Un drama de época que obtuvo 4 nominaciones a los Oscar: Actriz principal (Norma Shearer), actor secundario (Robert Morley), banda sonora y dirección artística.
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A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.
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Sir Peter Calverton lleva a su nieto Roger y a su mejor caballo a Estados Unidos, con la intención de que compita en algunas carreras. Una vez allí, intentarán convencer al jockey Timmie Donovan de que corra para ellos. Timmie vive en una pensión para jockeys, regentada por Mother Ralph, junto a otros jockeys y Cricket West, una muchacha que pretende ser artista.
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A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.
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El doctor Hugo Hackenbush (Groucho), Tony (Chico), y Stuffy (Harpo) intentan salvar el hospital de Judy con el dinero de una paciente millonaria. Para hacerlo, el Dr. Hackenbush se hace pasar por médico, aún cuando es sólo veterinario, y no permite que den el alta a la millonaria. Paralelamente deciden también intentar ganar una carrera con el caballo de Judy
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Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
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A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
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El capitán Fry, un famoso cazador blanco, quiere capturar a Tarzán para exhibirlo enjaulado como un animal por todo el mundo. Llega a la selva para cumplir su propósito junto con los primos de Jane, Eric y Rita...
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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.
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An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
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This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.
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This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.
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Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed.
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A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
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La feliz vida de un esquimal cambia desastrosamente cuando se conecta con un comerciante blanco sin escrúpulos.
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Broke lion tamers travel to Africa to make a movie about Amazon women, from a distance.
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Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.
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A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
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After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
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An inveterate sailor renounces love because of his passion for the sea. It is the Spanish-language version of Way for a Sailor (Wood, 1930).
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Reginald Irving, tímido entre los tímidos, es atropellado por Jeffrey Haywood, quien para ayudarle le lleva a casa de su prometida, Virginia Embrey, que vive con su hermana mayor, Angélica, y su madre.
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Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.
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Versión española de "The Big House", anterior a la implantación del doblaje: se rodaba una película en inglés con actores angloparlantes y otra en español con actores hispanoparlantes.
El argumento, copiado de "The Big House", es:
Kent Marlowe, bajo la influencia del alcohol, atropella y mata accidentalmente a dos personas. Recibe cargos criminales y termina en una prisión cumpliendo 10 años al lado de criminales de diverso pasado; Butch Smith es un avezado criminal, con varias reincidencias, y es quien manda en el bloque de celdas. John Morgan (un individuo agradable que comparte la celda con Kent) es un falsificador que aparentemente se ha regenerado y desea rehacer su vida. Pero no es lo que otros desean para Morgan. Kent es forzado a plantar una navaja entre las pertenencias de John y éste pierde la posibilidad de salir de prisión bajo palabra. Desesperado, John huye de prisión.
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Ni su condición aristocrática, ni su Rolls Royce, ni la presencia de un chófer al lado, sirve a Elmer Stuyvesant (Buster Keaton) para conseguir que Mary Kidd (Sally Eilers) la chica que le atrae, consiga acceder a su cortejo... pero el destino va a obligarlo a ponerse un uniforme militar y en plena base se reencontrará con Mary... en igualdad de condiciones.
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Anita gana un concurso de belleza local, cuyo premio es un viaje a Hollywood para convertirse en estrella de cine, por lo que viaja a dicha ciudad en compañía de su madre y de Elmer, este en calidad de agente de la joven. Además ambos se aman, pero Elmer no tiene cabida en los planes de la madre. En el viaje conocen a una estrella de cine que presenta a Anita a los directivos de la MGM. Mientras Elmer también trabaja para convertir a Anita en estrella. El estrellato llega, ¿pero a quién?
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Atraidos por el encanto de las tablas, dos jugadores de béisbol cambian sus uniformes por carrerras en el teatro.
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Biff y Eddie son amigos del alma, compañeros de la universidad y juegan en el equipo de fútbol americano. Hasta que aparece Babs, una hermosa muchacha, y se ponen a competir por ella.
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Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of "the great middle class" (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us), is happy for Joan, but reluctant to take charity from Will. He moves in with them, and they keep resisting, until one day he takes drastic action.
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A bill collector working in a tough neighborhood manages to rescue a young socialite from kidnappers.
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The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
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Una campesina se entera de que es una princesa y es arrastrada por un tornado a la tierra de Oz.
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This two-reel Lloyd Hamilton comedy. Set in the bucolic countryside, the opening sequence introduces Ham and his girlfriend Babe London as "the hired man and his three acres of love.". Ham encounters an attractive, prosperous-looking young lady who is having car trouble. After gallantly fixing her flat tire and when he realizes that the young lady has left her purse behind with her address inside he sets out to return it, no doubt hoping for a reward, either monetary or romantic.
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Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the enemy are preparing to invade. The invasion comes, and New York, Washington, and other American cities are devastated.
