Cole Porter



First NameCole
Last NamePorter
Full Name at BirthCole Albert Porter
Age73 (age at death)
Date of BirthJune 9, 1891
BirthplacePeru, Indiana
Date of DeathOctober 15, 1964
Location of DeathSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Cause of Deathkidney failure
Height5' 6" (168 cm)
Star SignGemini
NationalityAmerican
Occupationcomposer and songwriter
Occupation CategoryComposer
Music GenreStage & Screen, Piano
Music StyleStage & Screen, Vocal, Standards, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Show Tunes, Cast Recordings
Music MoodAmiable/Good-Natured, Confident, Refined/Mannered, Elegant, Sophisticated, Playful, Freewheeling, Romantic, Theatrical, Sentimental, Bright, Relaxed, Campy, Light, Literate, Warm
InstrumentPiano
FriendsJean Howard, Charles Feldman, Howard Sturges, Anita Loos, Fred Astaire, Elsa Maxwell, Erich Maria Remarque, Paulette Goddard, Johnny Mercer, Monty Woolley, Igor Stravinsky, Beatrice Lillie, Fanny Brice
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Filmography

Selected Cole Porter film and TV show credits:


Composer Credits

2009
Red, Black & Blonde
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2003
Kiss Me Kate
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2002
Divine Inspiration
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1979
Song by Song
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1975
At Long Last Love
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1975
Kiss Me Kate
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1968
Kiss Me Kate
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1967
Kiss Me Kate
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1965
Night and Day
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1964
Kiss Me Kate
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1961
Küß mich Kätchen
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1958
Kiss Me, Kate
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1937
Rosalie
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Music Department Credits

2004
De-Lovely
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2000
You're the One
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1996
Your Name Poisons My Dreams
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1956
High Society
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1953
Kiss Me Kate
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Soundtrack Credits

2010
The Special Relationship
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2010
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
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2010
Ja el tenim! El disc de La Marató
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2009
Amelia
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2009
Gamer
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2009
Seven Minutes
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2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox
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2009
The Proposal
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2009
Parks and Recreation
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2009
It's Complicated
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2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
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2009
The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing
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2009
BBC Proms
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2009
The Great Food Revolution
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2008
Australia
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2008
Easy Virtue
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2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
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2008
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
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2008
Stone of Destiny
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2008
The Brothers Bloom
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2008
Cathouse: The Musical
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2008
Prozhektorperiskhilton
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2007
Midsummer Madness
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2007
Midnight Son
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2007
Banda sonora
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2007
Duas Caras
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2007
Memòries de la tele
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2007
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
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2006
Arthur and the Invisibles
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2006
Confetti
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2006
Infamous
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2006
Take the Lead
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2006
The Black Dahlia
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2006
The Good Shepherd
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2006
These Foolish Things
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2006
For the Love of a Child
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2006
Páginas da vida
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2006
Lo cap d'any
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2006
It Will All End in Tears
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2006
Por Toda Minha Vida
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2006
Weltberühmt in Österreich - 50 Jahre Austropop
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2005
Breakfast on Pluto
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2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
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2005
Kinky Boots
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2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
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2005
Rumor Has It...
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2005
Belíssima
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2005
Dancing with the Stars
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2005
Ghost Whisperer
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2005
Numb3rs
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2005
So You Think You Can Dance
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2004
Being Julia
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2004
De-Lovely
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2004
Kinsey
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2004
Strange Bedfellows
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2004
The Uncertain Guest
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2004
Dancing with the Stars
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2004
House M.D.
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2004
Jools's Hootenanny
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2003
Anything Else
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2003
Freaky Friday
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2003
Reconstruction
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2003
Rosenstrasse
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2003
The Night We Called It a Day
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2003
The Man Without a Head
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2003
Cambridge Spies
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2003
Kiss Me Kate
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2003
High Chaparall
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2003
History Detectives
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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2003
Los Serrano
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2003
Freak Show 2003
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2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
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2003
Estradilla: Agents & Elvis
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2002
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
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2002
Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)
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2002
Undertaking Betty
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2002
Power and Beauty
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2002
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
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2002
V premios Max de las artes escénicas
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2001
America's Sweethearts
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2001
The Majestic
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2001
Amy's Orgasm
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2001
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special
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2001
One Night with Robbie Williams
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2001
Operación triunfo
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2001
Some of My Best Friends
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2001
Who Is Bernard Tapie?
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2001
Hårde drenge danser ikke
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2000
About Adam
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2000
Chopper
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2000
Love's Labour's Lost
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2000
Return to Me
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2000
What Women Want
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2000
History Lessons
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2000
Heroes of Magic
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1999
Mickey Blue Eyes
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1999
The Bachelor
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1999
Treasure Island
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1999
Wanted
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1999
Earthly Possessions
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1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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1999
Independent Lens
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1999
Buena Vista Social Club
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1998
Dance with Me
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1998
Dancing at Lughnasa
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1998
Great Expectations
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1998
Hasards ou coïncidences
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1998
Jack Frost
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1998
Little Voice
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1998
Meet Joe Black
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1998
Sphere
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1998
The Parent Trap
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1998
There's Something About Mary
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1998
Election Night
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1998
The Rat Pack
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1998
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
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1998
Condomania
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1997
Deconstructing Harry
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1997
Dusk 'til Dawn
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1997
L.A. Confidential
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1997
Nil by Mouth
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1997
She's So Lovely
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1997
That Old Feeling
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1996
Children of the Revolution
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1996
Dream for an Insomniac
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1996
Everyone Says I Love You
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1996
Eye for an Eye
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1996
The Great White Hype
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1996
T'odio, amor meu
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1995
Forget Paris
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1995
French Kiss
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1995
Jumanji
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1995
Miami Rhapsody
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1995
Mighty Aphrodite
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1995
Tank Girl
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1995
Barbra: The Concert
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1995
Sugartime
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1994
A Man of No Importance
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1994
Bullets Over Broadway
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1994
Imaginary Crimes
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1994
Junior
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1994
Los peores años de nuestra vida
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1994
Timecop
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1994
Trevor
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1994
Chicago Hope
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1994
Entertaining the Troops
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1994
I morgon, Mario
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
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1994
The Joust
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1993
Frauds
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1993
Life with Mikey
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1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery
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1993
Rising Sun
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1993
Six Degrees of Separation
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1993
The Innocent
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1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
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1993
J.F.K.: Reckless Youth
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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1993
Noches de gala
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1993
Memory
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1992
Husbands and Wives
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1992
Innocent Blood
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1992
Mr. Saturday Night
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1992
Noises Off...
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1992
Passed Away
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1992
Prelude to a Kiss
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1992
The Efficiency Expert
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1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
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1992
Sinatra
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1992
Fish Police
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1992
Highlander
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1992
The Great Outdoors
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1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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1991
A Grande Arte
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1991
Edward II
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1991
Life Stinks
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1991
Little Man Tate
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1991
Riff-Raff
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1991
Scenes from a Mall
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1991
The Marrying Man
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1991
The Rocketeer
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1991
The Josephine Baker Story
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1991
Damned in the U.S.A.
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1990
Postcards from the Edge
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1990
The Russia House
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1990
Northern Exposure
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1990
Tiny Toon Adventures
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1990
Lo Kolel Sherut
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1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
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1989
Lost Angels
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1989
New York Stories
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1989
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
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1989
The Simpsons
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1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
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1989
The Flame of Functionalism
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1988
Another Woman
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1988
Beaches
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1988
Frantic
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1988
Moon Over Parador
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1988
Mr. North
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1988
Torch Song Trilogy
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1988
White Mischief
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1988
Piece of Cake
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1988
War and Remembrance
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1988
Jane B. for Agnes V.
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1988
Mr. Fixit
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1987
Hope and Glory
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1987
Radio Days
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1987
September
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1987
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
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1987
Havinck
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1987
Les beaux dimanches spécial incognito
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1986
'Round Midnight
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1986
Crimes of the Heart
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1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
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1986
The Singing Detective
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1985
After Hours
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1985
Blue Money
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1985
That's Dancing!
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1984
Broadway Danny Rose
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1984
City Heat
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1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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1984
Maria's Lovers
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1984
Once Upon a Time in America
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
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1984
Punky Brewster
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1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
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1983
Terms of Endearment
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1983
Vacation
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1983
The Winds of War
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1983
American Masters
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1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
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1982
Evil Under the Sun
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1982
'Allo 'Allo!
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1981
American Pop
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1981
Pennies from Heaven
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1981
A Fine Romance
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1980
Stardust Memories
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1979
The Facts of Life
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1978
Pennies from Heaven
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1977
The Love Boat
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1976
The Man Who Fell to Earth
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1976
Charlie's Angels
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1976
Donny and Marie
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1976
The Muppet Show
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1976
A Special Olivia Newton-John
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
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1975
Hustle
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1975
The Good Life
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1975
Saturday Night Live
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1975
Promise Him Anything
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1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
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1975
Grey Gardens
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1974
Blazing Saddles
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1974
Good Times
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1974
That's Entertainment!
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1973
An Evening with Marlene Dietrich
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1973
Paper Moon
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1973
Slither
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1973
The Outfit
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1973
Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra
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1972
Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask
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1972
Sleuth
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1972
What's Up, Doc?
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1972
Great Performances
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1972
M*A*S*H
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1972
The Waltons
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1971
All in the Family
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1971
Our American Musical Heritage
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1970
The Boys in the Band
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1970
Happy Days
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1969
Playboy After Dark
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1969
The Benny Hill Show
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1968
Star!
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1968
Dad's Army
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1965
The Cincinnati Kid
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1965
Two on a Guillotine
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1965
That Girl
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1965
The Dean Martin Comedy Hour
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1965
Where the Action Is
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1965
Shivaree
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1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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1964
Judy Garland in Concert
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1962
The Longest Day
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1962
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
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1962
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
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1962
The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show
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1962
At This Very Moment
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1962
The Judy Garland Show
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1961
The Avengers
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1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
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1961
Yves Montand on Broadway
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1960
Can-Can
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1960
Let's Make Love
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1960
Surfside 6
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1959
Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
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1959
The Mating Game
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
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1959
Startime
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1959
Music for a Summer Night
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1959
Some of Manie's Friends
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1958
Darby's Rangers
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1958
Fräulein
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
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1958
Peter Gunn
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1958
The Garry Moore Show
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1958
An Evening with Fred Astaire
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1958
Jazz Party
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1957
Desk Set
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1957
Les Girls
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1957
Silk Stockings
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1957
This Could Be the Night
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1957
The Helen Morgan Story
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1957
The Frank Sinatra Show
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1957
The Polly Bergen Show
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1957
The 29th Annual Academy Awards
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1957
The Edsel Show
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1957
The Lux Show
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1957
The Gisele MacKenzie Show
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1956
Anything Goes
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1956
High Society
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1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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1956
The Nat King Cole Show
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1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
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1955
Soldier of Fortune
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1955
Three for the Show
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1955
Ford Star Jubilee
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1955
The Lawrence Welk Show
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1955
The Honeymooners
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1955
So You Want to Be a V.P.
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1954
Naked Alibi
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1954
Young at Heart
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1954
The Bing Crosby Show
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1954
M-G-M Jubilee Overture
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1953
Easy to Love
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1953
Kiss Me Kate
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1953
The Ford 50th Anniversary Show
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1953
Frank DeVol and His Orchestra
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1952
Because You're Mine
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1952
The Jazz Singer
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1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
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1952
Bandstand
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1952
Omnibus
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1952
Return of the Texan
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1952
The Liberace Show
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1951
Lullaby of Broadway
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1951
The Red Skelton Hour
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1951
No Questions Asked
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1951
Starlift
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1951
Sunny Side of the Street
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1951
This Is Music
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1950
Mystery Street
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1950
Night and the City
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1950
Side Street
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1950
Stage Fright
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1950
Three Secrets
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1950
Young Man with a Horn
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1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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1950
Musical Comedy Time
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1950
The Kate Smith Hour
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1949
Adam's Rib
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1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
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1949
It's a Great Feeling
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1949
My Dream Is Yours
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1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
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1948
Call Northside 777
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1948
Luxury Liner
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1948
Mexican Hayride
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1948
The Pirate
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1948
The Time of Your Life
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1948
Winter Meeting
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1948
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
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1948
The Buick-Berle Show
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1948
Toast of the Town
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1948
The Swift Show
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1948
Community Sing 9655: Feudin' and Fightin'
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1947
This Time for Keeps
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1946
Humoresque
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1946
Night and Day
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1946
Nobody Lives Forever
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1946
The Show-Off
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1946
Her Kind of Man
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1946
Rainbow Over Texas
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1945
Don't Fence Me In
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1945
Lady on a Train
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1945
Roughly Speaking
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1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
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1945
Without Love
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1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
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1944
Hollywood Canteen
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1944
Something for the Boys
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1943
Action in the North Atlantic
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1943
Air Force
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1943
Destination Tokyo
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1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
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1943
Hers to Hold
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1943
I Dood It
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1943
Let's Face It
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1943
Reveille with Beverly
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1943
Something to Shout About
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1943
The Hard Way
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1943
The More the Merrier
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1943
The Youngest Profession
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1943
Nobody's Darling
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1943
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
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1943
All-Star Melody Masters
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1942
Casablanca
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1942
Juke Girl
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1942
Now, Voyager
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1942
Panama Hattie
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1942
The Big Shot
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1942
Winning Your Wings
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1942
Born to Sing
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1942
Wings for the Eagle
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1942
You Can't Escape Forever
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1942
Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica School
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1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
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1941
High Sierra
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1941
Million Dollar Baby
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1941
You'll Never Get Rich
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1941
Here Comes Happiness
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1941
Honeymoon for Three
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1941
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
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1941
Strange Alibi
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1941
Hal Kemp and His Orchestra
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1940
Broadway Melody of 1940
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1940
Castle on the Hudson
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1940
Love Thy Neighbor
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1940
The Philadelphia Story
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1940
Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra
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1940
Joe Reichman and His Orchestra
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1939
Within the Law
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1939
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
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1939
Everybody's Hobby
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1939
Symphony of Swing
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1939
Moments of Charm
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1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
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1938
Sweethearts
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1938
Break the News
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1938
Woman Against Woman
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1938
Hollywood Handicap
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1937
Rosalie
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1937
The Singing Marine
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1936
Anything Goes
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1936
Born to Dance
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1936
George Hall and His Orchestra
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1934
The Gay Divorcee
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1934
Paree, Paree
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1933
Grand Slam
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1931
50 Million Frenchmen
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1929
Paris
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1929
The Battle of Paris
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Navigation Boxes
Cole Porter musicals
Cole Porter
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Panama Hattie (1942)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)