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Dudley Murphy
Born July 10, 1867 · Winchester, Massachusetts, United States
Died February 22, 1968 · aged 100
Dudley Bowles Murphy (July 10, 1897 – February 22, 1968) was an American film director. In his first short film, Soul of the Cypress (1921), a variation on the Orpheus myth, the film's protagonist falls in love with a dryad (a wood nymph whose soul dwells in an ancient tree) and throws himself into the sea to become immortal and spend eternity with her. Murphy's then-wife Chase Harringdine played…
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Dracula · 1931Dracula
★ 7.21931
MovieHorror
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Drácula · 1931Drácula
★ 6.81931
MovieHorror
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
The Night Is Young · 1935The Night Is Young
★ 6.01935
MovieRomanceDrama
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.
Don't Gamble with Love · 1936Don't Gamble with Love
★ 10.01936
MovieDrama
Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.
Confessions of a Co-Ed · 1931Confessions of a Co-Ed
★ 6.01931
MovieDrama
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love. Soon, however, her lover returns, and she finds herself in a dilemma as to who to choose.
One Third of a Nation · 1939One Third of a Nation
★ 6.21939
MovieDrama
The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.
Main Street Lawyer · 1939Main Street Lawyer
★ 5.01939
MovieDramaCrime
A prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is blackmailed by a gangster.
Emperor Jones · 1933Emperor Jones
★ 5.61933
MovieDramaMusic
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
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