Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

April 25, 1890

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic film character actor, known as "Slow Burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his…

Known For

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Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933 · 1h 9m · Movie

Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side th...

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A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1937 · 1h 51m · Movie

Young Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him.

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Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

1945 · 2h 20m · Movie

A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.

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Twentieth Century

Twentieth Century

1934 · 1h 31m · Movie

A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.

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Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1948 · 1h 45m · Movie

A man tries to figure out a way to deal with his wife when he suspects that she is unfaithful to him.

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San Francisco

San Francisco

1936 · 1h 55m · Movie

A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally, in 1906 San Francisco.

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Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914 · 1h 22m · Movie

A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.

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It Happened Tomorrow

It Happened Tomorrow

1944 · 1h 25m · Movie

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

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Making a Living

Making a Living

1914 · 11m · Movie

An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught ...

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My Dream Is Yours

My Dream Is Yours

1949 · 1h 41m · Movie

An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.

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The Knockout

The Knockout

1914 · 27m · Movie

To show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.

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Two Tars

Two Tars

1928 · 21m · Movie

At a rail crossing, a small fender-bender incident turns into a major tit-for-tat retaliatory war among various motorists.

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In Old California

In Old California

1942 · 1h 28m · Movie

During the California Gold Rush, Boston pharmacist Tom Craig sets up shop in Sacramento where he clashes with local town crook Britt Dawson.

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Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret

1914 · 30m · Movie

Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret and must endure the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and pretends to be a fancy ambassador but must contend with the jealousy of her fiancé.

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Unaccustomed As We Are

Unaccustomed As We Are

1929 · 21m · Movie

When Mrs. Hardy refuses to cook supper, Mr. Hardy decides to cook it for himself and Mr. Laurel, but things go wrong during a jealous mix-up with the next-door married couple.

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The Finishing Touch

The Finishing Touch

1928 · 19m · Movie

The boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise.

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You're Darn Tootin'

You're Darn Tootin'

1928 · 20m · Movie

Stan and Ollie are musicians whose antics at a band concert end in their employment being terminated, and they must turn to busking to make ends meet. However, playing on street corners proves to be more perilous than they had ima...

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Dough and Dynamite

Dough and Dynamite

1914 · 33m · Movie

Charlie and another waiter must become bakers when the regular bakers go out on strike. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes.

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Mabel at the Wheel

Mabel at the Wheel

1914 · 23m · Movie

Charlie, competing with his rival's race car, offers Mabel a ride on his motorcycle but drops her in a puddle. He next joins some dubious characters in abduction of his rival just before the race for the Vanderbilt Cup. With her b...

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From Soup to Nuts

From Soup to Nuts

1928 · 20m · Movie

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

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Leave 'em Laughing

Leave 'em Laughing

1928 · 22m · Movie

In the dead of night, a terrible toothache wakes up poor Stan, and after a series of home-made remedies, Ollie takes him to the dentist. There, ample amounts of laughing gas lead to the perfect mess. Will Stan ever visit the denti...

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Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

1938 · 1h 49m · Movie

Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band, has won a talent contest and a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star Mona Marshall to a movie premiere. But she ...

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Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928 · 20m · Movie

When Laurel visits Hardy at home, hi-jinx occur and the Mrs. orders them out. They go to a golf course where they try to impress two young ladies and wind up in a mud-slinging fight with other golfers.

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Kid Millions

Kid Millions

1934 · 1h 30m · Movie

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but must go to Egypt to claim it.

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The Bride Comes Home

The Bride Comes Home

1935 · 1h 23m · Movie

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.

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Paths to Paradise

Paths to Paradise

1925 · 1h 18m · Movie

A con-woman has a nice business fleecing gullible tourists who want a genuine 'underworld' experience, but the tables are turned when one of her victims turns out to be less innocent than he looks. Dodging the city detective who k...

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