C. Bakaleinikoff
![C. Bakaleinikoff](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gED8BTHiwu7jVtmjzRgejlzOijn.jpg)
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 25, 1896
Day of Death: September 3, 1966 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov (also spelled “Bakaleynikov” and “Bakaleinikoff”) was a Russian-born composer. Bakaleinikoff was from a large musical family. His brothers were Nikolai Bakaleinikov (flautist, composer and conductor), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (violist, composer and conductor), and Mikhail (Mischa) Bakaleinikoff (composer). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Following the Russian revolution he migrated to the United States with his brother Mischa. He worked as a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic before beginning his Hollywood career as a freelance composer. At the 1927 premiere of director Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings at Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, the audience was treated to a concert of film music classics conducted by him. With the arrival of sound, the Bakaleinikoff brothers became studio maestros. Mischa joined Columbia Pictures, while Constantin became a musical director at Paramount Pictures, followed by MGM. Constantin also worked briefly at Columbia, and later for independent Grand National Pictures. In 1935, Bakaleinikoff participated in making the earliest dance film, Spring Night. He conducted Joseph Achron's score for this first experimental ballet film, which featured the choreography and dancing of David Lichine, who had danced with Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Nana Gollner, the Texas-born ballerina, was his partner. This pioneering film, which emerged from the Diaghilev sphere of influence, was produced by Adolf Zuckor. Bakaleinikoff received his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the James Cagney feature Something to Sing About (1937). Later, he became the senior music director at RKO Radio Pictures, where he spent most of his motion picture career. He earned Academy Award nominations for his work on The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), and None But the Lonely Heart (1944). For Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, he conducted the original score by composer Roy Webb, one that complements the director's elements of suspense and danger throughout the film. Bakaleinikoff, who was always billed as “C. Bakaleinikoff”, appeared on camera as himself in RKO's backstage musical Ding Dong Williams (filmed 1945, released in April 1946). He remained at RKO until the studio folded in 1956. He donated his time and talent in the late 1950s in mentoring and conducting the Burbank Youth Symphony. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was married to silent film actress Fritzi Ridgeway. He died in 1966 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
![Law of the Badlands](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oDuLBjBQUE0vNpgZ4iZDaUVJFNq.jpg)
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Law of the Badlands
![Double Dynamite](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eC78JPGLhE64F6q9hG1VR6zbFTa.jpg)
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Double Dynamite
![Saddle Legion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iFxe6l7O2gubsJ6pDE8eVK8jooN.jpg)
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Saddle Legion
![His Kind of Woman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mB5vCfHE7ootyK96F3IVhLSaJzP.jpg)
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His Kind of Woman
![Flying Leathernecks](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xhT8QtoHibGosDVGBrRI9TxmPEe.jpg)
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Flying Leathernecks
![Pistol Harvest](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6uadivIqT13eRKglTwdtUpX6BMD.jpg)
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Pistol Harvest
![Best of the Badmen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cF7CU6gVBZBs8ezc8Ky9b5L8Fe1.jpg)
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Best of the Badmen
![Overland Telegraph](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/VUAaGFOHwEl017KcaLFrpYDvAD.jpg)
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Overland Telegraph
![Roadblock](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fZ3yfxUEO7zrH0xpWMSOZ70n3yX.jpg)
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Roadblock
![On Dangerous Ground](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dJiSzEf5uGV0l9bQbaCyk7ob2YP.jpg)
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On Dangerous Ground
![The Blue Veil](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fY8BPAEkvr4VpknNRcxW2Mk1oGS.jpg)
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The Blue Veil
1950
![Border Treasure](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2rlmHy74uZyPokElExlCT2ykCTf.jpg)
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Border Treasure
![Riders of the Range](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5RWEI5Tb9MocTWvQYodsT6xYf5l.jpg)
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Riders of the Range
![Dynamite Pass](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5aapYJAVqMx0iJwqsPihfwu8DvP.jpg)
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Dynamite Pass
![Storm Over Wyoming](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ynl48GsAGF1FhSl6cKQQZrKf719.jpg)
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Storm Over Wyoming
![Rider from Tucson](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4zLOqk6vazUyiYN4QHOSmv2vIpA.jpg)
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Rider from Tucson
![Rio Grande Patrol](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/Aeb4W6ZxbNlxvz0o0V8GsyoIPhZ.jpg)
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Rio Grande Patrol
![Vendetta](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iV45cycx47Xqwn4FFx9NAjp4CUz.jpg)
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Vendetta
![Armored Car Robbery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1cYOPFbHEEXcXq8VYlJI5h2QpIe.jpg)
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Armored Car Robbery
![Born to Be Bad](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nbcIqkiaPl2aAgebMqk4xjKTKJg.jpg)
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Born to Be Bad
![The Secret Fury](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oumo0sn8V32kmrOKJQ7BpuggfKt.jpg)
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The Secret Fury
![Bunco Squad](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wRnlnoX6xLSB64a4llgZo6HCjLO.jpg)
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Bunco Squad
![Never a Dull Moment](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/43r7QKEsX2Qg0MJZykCoFMBykhq.jpg)
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Never a Dull Moment
1949
![A Woman's Secret](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1BEccn00r1oExZxyzys7tayWDFN.jpg)
Actor Studio Recording Session Conductor (Uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
![The Clay Pigeon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/z2l50gOaaWYfZwQ4t4ywXLRW53u.jpg)
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The Clay Pigeon
![The Big Steal](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/a1usoDu6Ae4k3pRfQ1IMzFWR2qy.jpg)
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The Big Steal
![The Window](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pez60cVCRjy2os36iI4YXYWTrRT.jpg)
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The Window
![Holiday Affair](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aQsQJNiRI8L8pBBrCIGUUXNtv2M.jpg)
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Holiday Affair
![Rustlers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iygXou71xSfvDXbvZYcdWWe0Plg.jpg)
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Rustlers
![Caught](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/htMtSPue5zDW79iL67quA6dM4Gz.jpg)
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Caught
![Stagecoach Kid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xj4aeiJHVUdQjLPxTUPsEOs7vPl.jpg)
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Stagecoach Kid
![Follow Me Quietly](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/undj4wTGliQ909hYypS0LRRGyRA.jpg)
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Follow Me Quietly
![Savage Splendor](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yEk8jUCGScIQcsGa1W6H2xn8Sy0.jpg)
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Savage Splendor
![The Threat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ghRKE4tvT57YeEAaz168Sr5tQ3Z.jpg)
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The Threat
![Bride for Sale](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ckNvnQCTNEbfJocKa5nD94ieHrF.jpg)
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Bride for Sale
![Strange Bargain](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mLb5ckTN32ZA9VAcGJbox3mhJOC.jpg)
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Strange Bargain
![Roughshod](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7Obymlbem4l9Ch9Uh0H1CRvYkih.jpg)
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Roughshod
![A Woman's Secret](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1BEccn00r1oExZxyzys7tayWDFN.jpg)
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A Woman's Secret
![Easy Living](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ltNQFQnQU9DLQE8b7Vly26sA7CM.jpg)
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Easy Living
![Mighty Joe Young](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tTTS9Bi7JReyGpCKyDuyZNSLTT4.jpg)
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Mighty Joe Young
1948
![The Velvet Touch](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pIExpZkAaHnZ4106e8n82sfUKQv.jpg)
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The Velvet Touch
![The Boy with Green Hair](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hdNkE5S4l2z7CVbuoSMnjvShhhy.jpg)
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The Boy with Green Hair
![Indian Agent](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oX3SSqIen3iIxOOwtVrpGSv3Stk.jpg)
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Indian Agent
![The Arizona Ranger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/g8hOylE5D8cOtwlObJbPpLWqrJP.jpg)
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The Arizona Ranger
![Rachel and the Stranger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9q5o7FyuHRbW1fh9YK7ZKLi91be.jpg)
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Rachel and the Stranger
![Blood on the Moon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eQk2JSVfC1iskVEUUURs2gi0ANM.jpg)
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Blood on the Moon
![Gun Smugglers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2WDx4J4XflvdeDpwBdEZl13cVEi.jpg)
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Gun Smugglers
![Every Girl Should Be Married](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/npJFF02CDT6yPb0jnVFA78N6XFl.jpg)
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Every Girl Should Be Married
![Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/smKM575W3FLvWHna5YaWWeN5po8.jpg)
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
![Mystery in Mexico](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/81UwVaY6XZJWiYuMvmupPXjDwVG.jpg)
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Mystery in Mexico
![The Miracle of the Bells](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1C8wDuJoCZ5BhtAGinhejcyjcge.jpg)
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The Miracle of the Bells
![Station West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/768q6hR1gZIBZnZfNSZs7113ybZ.jpg)
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Station West
![Return of the Bad Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gOLnJ7x7VfFYB85vV3dliQuCSet.jpg)
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Return of the Bad Men
1947
![They Won't Believe Me](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aUMZpKU2GRUKjeufdJKfbPhBzva.jpg)
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They Won't Believe Me
![A Likely Story](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jnhTVq2VYCYOOSv4FRo6TMNmpm7.jpg)
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A Likely Story
![Desperate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/Ac91MANcG3oFkr0u9TgcwD2LJNv.jpg)
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Desperate
![The Farmer's Daughter](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k6RlWveQEKiVY7vFAPCi70Zisv0.jpg)
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The Farmer's Daughter
![Crossfire](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/s3EFBiCsc4Ckc1tntoHAEnhZtSO.jpg)
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Crossfire
![Banjo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pHfT3aTANlwS2ZU7SjIoXQ4GwRj.jpg)
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Banjo
![Out of the Past](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lnUK6Cg5ARM0qaq0B5SG20VAM0h.jpg)
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Out of the Past
![The Woman on the Beach](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/brSnoo2KZkEssX03xxSZNHTjlFJ.jpg)
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The Woman on the Beach
![Mourning Becomes Electra](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w5ooTXLHlciRyxKnXa7XG3p9RFj.jpg)
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Mourning Becomes Electra
![The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eeBn5yhOBMBq2qQ9x2xQHyP1ZJk.jpg)
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
![Trail Street](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/puIU4XkKi6qVh58HTjjDMUzmkUO.jpg)
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Trail Street
1946
![Criminal Court](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bimtyuhd6w8vEP2UnyYivGYz0bs.jpg)
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Criminal Court
![The Falcon's Adventure](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bsngHrF9JUUX03oUxbuDSQrNW85.jpg)
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The Falcon's Adventure
![The Spiral Staircase](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4k0k9f59g901GWzw0gfFT7f5in.jpg)
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The Spiral Staircase
![Badman's Territory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lSWoCa2dhC4VvATPmmKiEV33uRz.jpg)
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Badman's Territory
![Notorious](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4RERYb1NIQrJHYY5e8nUlYM7t2z.jpg)
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Notorious
![Heartbeat](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gjmaYuXFYGbjnhq21ajRzhJHh2N.jpg)
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Heartbeat
![The Falcon's Alibi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qN6Q2ZuwOo252KGgs1skPKwCVUf.jpg)
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The Falcon's Alibi
![San Quentin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1SFiAJsig9V2LBQCzjQ8InwXFSD.jpg)
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San Quentin
![The Truth About Murder](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/velZuahxqWsu8FRNonQY5x7Dj8t.jpg)
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The Truth About Murder
![Vacation in Reno](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xaPQ9spGeBmI0yX3z4nhsuk4uib.jpg)
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Vacation in Reno
![From This Day Forward](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/guGCW9HNztvne7acXZMICFG7TZ1.jpg)
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From This Day Forward
![Bedlam](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rDYbo7kSkVjdKMAdJwN4pOMO6z1.jpg)
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Bedlam
![Deadline at Dawn](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hG6b2urZbqkq4tc0p85LAkmHH2Q.jpg)
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Deadline at Dawn
![The Locket](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/maLGJ5CDL2vWWqKPsd12bwTxFO8.jpg)
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The Locket
1945
1944
![Youth Runs Wild](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AaUwGz07BMAuGBAaQNd3TWX3bfa.jpg)
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Youth Runs Wild
![The Falcon Out West](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pLMXHkcZhFzvlZCyvK1vi5Hcxm3.jpg)
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The Falcon Out West
![None But the Lonely Heart](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/st37wKa1ZUbVSlKFI1fuUWb0rbi.jpg)
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None But the Lonely Heart
![My Pal, Wolf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eMDzgYZIZbUDK0xikCdsWEGhbQ1.jpg)
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My Pal, Wolf
![Tender Comrade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wn0QEHroznDSLENUhosfVjEBmE1.jpg)
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Tender Comrade
![A Night of Adventure](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tBkFW1r6Ei4tAcpnv1DokUFO5SW.jpg)
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A Night of Adventure
![Mademoiselle Fifi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9RmUxh8OyNBfJALlO8oTmVC06et.jpg)
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Mademoiselle Fifi
![The Falcon in Hollywood](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8pdDEiJDpq1VVLyI1apFc9tgdrl.jpg)
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The Falcon in Hollywood
![The Falcon in Mexico](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hVASgXuoua346V3Bz56WchsxPNA.jpg)
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The Falcon in Mexico
![Days of Glory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/b0iRM1CGk3VerLf1oO9uOn2sea1.jpg)
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Days of Glory
![Experiment Perilous](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ERezpLYUc1SEKP3wGYixUAPhUh.jpg)
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Experiment Perilous
![Murder, My Sweet](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tbyzfN1AUKTvzh058L9ZcOpS9Vn.jpg)
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Murder, My Sweet
![The Curse of the Cat People](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/a2KedIReZYiPLjy1Ib89OSYo8Iv.jpg)
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The Curse of the Cat People
![Bride by Mistake](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8XctrHgaQs9MtX9PcBS28g04MNm.jpg)
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Bride by Mistake
1943
![Stage Door Canteen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/53SNrOYHLbZrKqWUB9xFH8hZ7HI.jpg)
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Stage Door Canteen
![The Falcon Strikes Back](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/f5BvvyCq1FoHnl2Yz22bnd3vE4I.jpg)
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The Falcon Strikes Back
![The Falcon in Danger](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tYO1a5ZXLNosJ1iN0W84kSMn1Hg.jpg)
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The Falcon in Danger
![The Falcon and the Co-Eds](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2ydAEscxnKXPTtgFd8f4jJ8lWCO.jpg)
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The Falcon and the Co-Eds
![Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hzb4Nh4MWPNZp4h0VS1LaKG8ePD.jpg)
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
![Petticoat Larceny](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/u1GmRMAvfiIqZchdFHPjvrMtN4z.jpg)
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Petticoat Larceny
![Tarzan Triumphs](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kW131tphE6YLG1uAN3bNm50ka6o.jpg)
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Tarzan Triumphs
![Tarzan's Desert Mystery](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3Za6bAgQCSnFJ1PlYhltkoUnrSd.jpg)
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery
![Gangway for Tomorrow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mSfCnjS2k5vyiZP5QVlo4Vnuj4Q.jpg)
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Gangway for Tomorrow
![This Land Is Mine](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lrzTlL50vFQhq9cvsuZvCYLPOcq.jpg)
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This Land Is Mine
![Mr. Lucky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bNwlZCUuueYydkgVL5bcfrYKRNl.jpg)
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Mr. Lucky
![I Walked with a Zombie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uoyBR8XNxPQRojujtczfG1qJezY.jpg)
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I Walked with a Zombie
![Higher and Higher](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/n5KThUMSpB9wEplep0PoL2By3ih.jpg)
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Higher and Higher
![The Fallen Sparrow](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5OhbU7Mfr9gsewp1BtW36tWCcj3.jpg)
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The Fallen Sparrow
![The Seventh Victim](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cvck16EWDqWK6x4p78N8KyJyJNJ.jpg)
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The Seventh Victim
![The Ghost Ship](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ix6GofmJIfZYUk3uw9OK0JrpXeB.jpg)
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The Ghost Ship