Lionel Banks
Known For: Art
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 22, 1901
Day of Death: March 20, 1950 (49 years old)
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia With over 200 films to his credit, Lionel Banks (born June 22, 1901, Salt Lake City, Utah - died March 20, 1950, Los Angeles, California) was a hard-working art director from 1935 to 1949. In that time he worked on such films as Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth (1937), Howard Hawks’ South American set Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and his rapid fire comedy classic the following year His Girl Friday, most of the Blondie B-movies, Alexander Hall’s turn of the century fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Charles Vidor’s lush Chopin biopic, A Song to Remember in 1945. Banks was nominated for an Oscar seven times, for Holiday (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arizona (1940), Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), Address Unknown and Cover Girl (both 1944), but never won.
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
1944
![Secret Command](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/atraWKyN3TrdXwyyE98eG87qOoR.jpg)
Art Direction
Secret Command
![The Black Parachute](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/l6Bn3pjuGuA5RoJD1TL7UpXY9Tx.jpg)
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The Black Parachute
![She's a Soldier Too](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5quk7Kbcic3UYqGOfgWLWGFs9S1.jpg)
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She's a Soldier Too
![Cover Girl](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uhZATA1Of1vjnG62JwUcdb18v3v.jpg)
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Cover Girl
![One Mysterious Night](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nxwh3o5mRGIZF0StbXPe2CV8zjn.jpg)
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One Mysterious Night
![Strange Affair](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nx1IOfWdwwrdj7aTua27MKQAbzm.jpg)
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Strange Affair
![The Impatient Years](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wO6FEIiTB8nOwzAPlXXIaNeuCKB.jpg)
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The Impatient Years
![Cyclone Prairie Rangers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vpnpP0BHuMRb6KdsEg3mRkHNf1W.jpg)
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Cyclone Prairie Rangers
![Address Unknown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eitmE8snK3kIHhbeoHqwIPRtVaB.jpg)
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Address Unknown
![Swing in the Saddle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lsQbmbrB7qv09VOB8FKUun7INtl.jpg)
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Swing in the Saddle
![Cry of the Werewolf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5R6sxDUvrUbRR6vdt418elh8z9x.jpg)
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Cry of the Werewolf
![Sailor's Holiday](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/opGhINCImkyZYt0TUQA0mP9Ccv1.jpg)
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Sailor's Holiday
![Nine Girls](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/l9fbKDZtKWOm6RcZFtpN1LFrd89.jpg)
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Nine Girls
![Once Upon a Time](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vaHApHfVWr1DzkFwRfSg6Ps7AZH.jpg)
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Once Upon a Time
![Two-Man Submarine](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oACZgjomXcJDv6bhwaIWmxBseZd.jpg)
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Two-Man Submarine
![The Ghost That Walks Alone](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qQDRJMCHMEbjAoaeBwvTU9sY53d.jpg)
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The Ghost That Walks Alone
1943
![It's a Great Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6wESNXSgvDS7EID9HDlTBhG1njY.jpg)
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It's a Great Life
![Footlight Glamour](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cKCGKRRbqLhKS7yzceshUz3SMXm.jpg)
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Footlight Glamour
![Power of the Press](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gADzD4VG6fiRofAyY9iAvXczQAE.jpg)
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Power of the Press
![The Chance of a Lifetime](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2Zs1lIICxpGf8AxFYJnGsaubNRd.jpg)
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The Chance of a Lifetime
![Klondike Kate](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lVDR87ufe6vsxid52TLqi6OJ0Ae.jpg)
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Klondike Kate
![Sahara](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/roVIPqVLMdvs7uOcqDuwO891t8s.jpg)
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Sahara
![What a Woman](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6i8GXFELzLf46tSMy6wCrgahGNV.jpg)
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What a Woman
![Dangerous Blondes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3JmpVoxyV7OttxrJe63MHEtOIaR.jpg)
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Dangerous Blondes
![After Midnight with Boston Blackie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rwt0R4Z9TL8bwSZ15kWfqtfKSBd.jpg)
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie
![Passport to Suez](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c0y1GDoqTOAGlX30V9k3b2Of3FK.jpg)
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Passport to Suez
![Something to Shout About](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cNFiTCRji2ATvlG4Ls16eIRUABj.jpg)
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Something to Shout About
![Destroyer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3BCvOnVaI37dk1HcAGqMxfekqJC.jpg)
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Destroyer
![Murder in Times Square](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cDGiK6g8Z9vYjZzlH4RU7ELXGru.jpg)
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Murder in Times Square
![Appointment in Berlin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k8lPmqroJhmuMZMyKLkJCmCHRO0.jpg)
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Appointment in Berlin
![The More the Merrier](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hkwpXQh3rNJWooaFXwZ0tVxmqF2.jpg)
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The More the Merrier
![The Desperadoes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xNC9av3DgKnNm3Ly5P44blqspOg.jpg)
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The Desperadoes
![City Without Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4jpyYAHmze7H4QX2Vq4AoAoeXM1.jpg)
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City Without Men
![First Comes Courage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/VMaw0tpZbOrVombrIyb9BuhoOu.jpg)
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First Comes Courage
1942
![Blondie Goes to College](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bbQav2LMf2rkSm6rdgK4FF7iIYt.jpg)
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Blondie Goes to College
![Blondie for Victory](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hUTxdm3XyAA8wNpj03CPUBy5Qvu.jpg)
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Blondie for Victory
![Blondie's Blessed Event](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sGaWVcsMXNfcb7f8hJDEPAXNnrx.jpg)
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Blondie's Blessed Event
![My Sister Eileen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x3e1zXt4hFh4sHqfmiYPIWQAU6D.jpg)
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My Sister Eileen
![Overland to Deadwood](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gnmaegTrKzL1669ab8o3LR3m8c.jpg)
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Overland to Deadwood
![Submarine Raider](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kT5DYyAwqeartutjlFt7xixieMT.jpg)
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Submarine Raider
![Atlantic Convoy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/net0Zk9qhH2nFlIhCR6luiQpGY9.jpg)
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Atlantic Convoy
![The Wife Takes a Flyer](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jtg3ZufW0RFk4LYQPpXSXK6cNFG.jpg)
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
![Parachute Nurse](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cgOFnuNxUNkQDdzh3Wva2TIuLuI.jpg)
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Parachute Nurse
![Cadets on Parade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cEGSBm8tTh8vxD0eUHUtwFUXl05.jpg)
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Cadets on Parade
![A Night to Remember](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4olWvTyGd5BVjWipVMqbC0Awx2g.jpg)
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A Night to Remember
![The Lone Prairie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w3XegEAiU7fqx90ohgsXS6AE3hQ.jpg)
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The Lone Prairie
![Meet the Stewarts](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wPcn3kMSCjjRE7Fwe0KlUaJMTn2.jpg)
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Meet the Stewarts
![Alias Boston Blackie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/r63bOaGUOFco2nBn6Lg1C5D8RV3.jpg)
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Alias Boston Blackie
![Not a Ladies' Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5UJqsyxfFKaIppUUszbAB2QJ51X.jpg)
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Not a Ladies' Man
![Counter-Espionage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zHUrwi837ZzXVgcslHYBa9NUwp0.jpg)
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Counter-Espionage
![The Man Who Returned to Life](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hi25MM3xlE9JFXSH17c1xW8YJMR.jpg)
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The Man Who Returned to Life
![You Were Never Lovelier](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/e3X8VDHBHByd2JqV9y0zBY4aHb0.jpg)
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You Were Never Lovelier
![The Talk of the Town](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9HOnFYmQ52awSYUEI21zbcuLE3i.jpg)
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The Talk of the Town
1941
![Blondie Goes Latin](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4VouPDbp8VO4MdGkXI9cBZ9bZGx.jpg)
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Blondie Goes Latin
![Blondie in Society](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ysEYxluqsxD38i0cGgaU5Ybe7CY.jpg)
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Blondie in Society
![Here Comes Mr. Jordan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/k6gmIV3hTSCG2JBh2zPMLogZ5y3.jpg)
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
![You Belong to Me](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5yaRUjS8yFUKCgAKUZmP1uQoZQN.jpg)
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You Belong to Me
![Sweetheart of the Campus](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/paCB8SMoAvxvPSLY9ehdHvTxVVu.jpg)
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Sweetheart of the Campus
![Penny Serenade](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/gprilmaJSi3e4Rs7epIj9ZP6X6P.jpg)
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Penny Serenade
![Harmon of Michigan](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3TYoUSdhZTr5JaihzIguBOQYP9h.jpg)
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Harmon of Michigan
![She Knew All the Answers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mW2EKO8ebj4XnCS8cN3VzidQeAC.jpg)
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She Knew All the Answers
![Ladies in Retirement](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5KULYDhSbuvDdYVMT08mouLLm4Q.jpg)
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Ladies in Retirement
![The Devil Commands](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kVAKzdJV9suPxnhtwWQSmzE3gBW.jpg)
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The Devil Commands
![Our Wife](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/G7G8uWCtUwS1a9g2GhYDt9tLZ5.jpg)
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Our Wife
![Mystery Ship](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nDaMDyv0dnClYEsKGZM0fGa9kjD.jpg)
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Mystery Ship
![The Officer and the Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wyZEsmPyHfsMjPGF4A6i1fHOFSd.jpg)
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The Officer and the Lady
![You'll Never Get Rich](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6sdGOX0R1OVVT93kcZHz8xmOLOg.jpg)
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You'll Never Get Rich
![Roaring Frontiers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/by7juuC5PbPGOlL0Yw0WhmoX0wA.jpg)
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Roaring Frontiers
![The Face Behind the Mask](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/x9r2dwKDYIGiEhN2iUEQ8wDUFx5.jpg)
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The Face Behind the Mask
![The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/66VxTKrWkytGMSdQtZ8OgaFkgVV.jpg)
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
![Time Out for Rhythm](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bqQ3R9sslVYCuhHpjmwpsMnuKDo.jpg)
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Time Out for Rhythm
![The Blonde from Singapore](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/p4ESmCmLRcHW9cnB0hfBTaXH1Vu.jpg)
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The Blonde from Singapore
![Secrets of the Lone Wolf](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/umBXkeUe9Ing6nA3a8yMRIN3GuY.jpg)
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1940
![Blondie Has Servant Trouble](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/qKL7ZLdyPlptj39zRNgIwhHdMlY.jpg)
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Blondie Has Servant Trouble
![Blondie Plays Cupid](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ectGV3JJZwhgBR4PqV4zK7039kd.jpg)
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Blondie Plays Cupid
![Blondie on a Budget](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/Aeypox4p0J3DhK6WF4XaRxpTYS1.jpg)
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Blondie on a Budget
![The Lady in Question](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/6chs1m8taCibvVTVaNrEmmGHyKh.jpg)
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The Lady in Question
![His Girl Friday](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/da95rurNghmKWmraPyqP6IsnAt1.jpg)
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His Girl Friday
![Before I Hang](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/geAC0ve6IKQCLXdB0OESKAFaJJi.jpg)
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Before I Hang
![The Lone Wolf Strikes](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/koS4cyNvXFZZBo80TaCPLUmrOyv.jpg)
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
![Glamour for Sale](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vVTOhYlVH3LW1wmKBSIVlTrdzFl.jpg)
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Glamour for Sale
![The Doctor Takes a Wife](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9IYButYcbX0bdhWvZ8r3xyW5LhG.jpg)
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
![The Man with Nine Lives](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aRXAx97EKJDfeCSJbyfJY2UtOiK.jpg)
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The Man with Nine Lives
![So You Won't Talk?](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/aFuQuPZm1cS0qjex5x4X34E0l58.jpg)
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So You Won't Talk?
![Arizona](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/rAYOAq6jWXBjKZUg80vY2lFkBjA.jpg)
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Arizona
![Island of Doomed Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hm263P1rFxzMyuFnn9QlnEy7hsT.jpg)
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Island of Doomed Men
![Music in My Heart](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/wTMJIy4RgrN10xipKlPZB5CWa6B.jpg)
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Music in My Heart
![Cafe Hostess](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uKSjIBvFdPTycRO3liOYipZw0Nr.jpg)
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Cafe Hostess
![The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jnYKhyCxI0yhxksyZ1Jdw5N4XyM.jpg)
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
![The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sbKisQi4crZpnO09Rxwl49V7EjB.jpg)
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1939
![Mr. Smith Goes to Washington](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nDjg1fbNyq15excNDl3acd2IqAk.jpg)
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
![Blondie Meets the Boss](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cjfGt8VO4x8B4amLhVNGpTjrPwo.jpg)
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Blondie Meets the Boss
![Blondie Brings Up Baby](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pMDLseU28oBykuIP32mFYrfbqnE.jpg)
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Blondie Brings Up Baby
![Blondie Takes a Vacation](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zuICN3Km6bwhzdofomP9At5bZVi.jpg)
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Blondie Takes a Vacation
![The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/Al1bCdAfbf44GPERoa2RgJUsu0m.jpg)
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
![Golden Boy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tSbDPwCSXpJ6OuUQ2T2vsGzBU2v.jpg)
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Golden Boy
![The Amazing Mr. Williams](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/jpBYwxrUnxR5Jkc51qmjNCgKx1d.jpg)
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
![Five Little Peppers And How They Grew](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tmIDy1ANrFSnt6mdxq1F7TfVWbg.jpg)
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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
![Let Us Live](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/cJcFtZHx7pKzdJeYxtwprCdPLkT.jpg)
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Let Us Live
![The Lady and the Mob](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dDGQM46yMO9GUdqE7GYCHWjMo6t.jpg)
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The Lady and the Mob
![Blind Alley](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/iFUl2Qbs0RzALetRGB5e5YNSqb.jpg)
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Blind Alley
![Behind Prison Gates](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tBYSeBQGNiF91aec64lkXe94Pcm.jpg)
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Behind Prison Gates
![Only Angels Have Wings](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lqcwiWancAkjtAQPHr9V3SfJjBM.jpg)
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Only Angels Have Wings