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List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (1930–1939)

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The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released in the 1930s.

1930

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Release date Title Notes
January 3, 1930 The Bishop Murder Case
January 24, 1930 The Woman Racket
January 31, 1930 They Learned About Women Technicolor sequences
January 31, 1930 The Ship from Shanghai
February 2, 1930 Not So Dumb
February 21, 1930 Anna Christie
February 23, 1930 Chasing Rainbows Technicolor sequences
February 28, 1930 Lord Byron of Broadway Technicolor sequences
February 28, 1930 A Lady to Love
March 15, 1930 The Girl Said No
March 20, 1930 Montana Moon
March 22, 1930 Free and Easy
April 12, 1930 This Mad World
April 19, 1930 The Divorcee Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
April 26, 1930 Children of Pleasure Technicolor sequences
May 2, 1930 Redemption
May 3, 1930 Strictly Unconventional
May 10, 1930 Caught Short A Cosmopolitan production
May 10, 1930 The Rogue Song MGM’s first all-talkie in colour in Technicolor
May 17, 1930 In Gay Madrid
May 24, 1930 The Lady of Scandal
May 30, 1930 The Florodora Girl A Marion Davies production
June 14, 1930 The Big House A Cosmopolitan production
Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
June 21, 1930 One Embarrassing Night US distribution; a Herbert Wilcox production for the British & Dominions Film Corporation
June 28, 1930 The Sins of the Children A Cosmopolitan production
July 5, 1930 The Sea Bat
July 7, 1930 Estrellados Spanish-language version of Free and Easy
July 12, 1930 The Unholy Three
July 19, 1930 Our Blushing Brides
August 2, 1930 Way Out West
August 9, 1930 Let Us Be Gay
August 16, 1930 Call of the Flesh Technicolor sequences
August 23, 1930 Good News Multicolor sequences
August 26, 1930 Romance
August 30, 1930 Doughboys
September 6, 1930 Love in the Rough
September 20, 1930 Madam Satan Multicolor sequences
September 27, 1930 Men of the North
October 10, 1930 Olimpia Spanish-language version of His Glorious Night
October 11, 1930 Those Three French Girls A Cosmopolitan production
October 18, 1930 Billy the Kid
November 1, 1930 Way for a Sailor
November 8, 1930 A Lady's Morals
November 14, 1930 El presidio Spanish-language version of The Big House
November 15, 1930 Remote Control
November 22, 1930 War Nurse
November 29, 1930 Min and Bill
December 6, 1930 Passion Flower
December 18, 1930 Wu Li Chang Spanish-language version of Mr. Wu
December 28, 1930 New Moon
December 30, 1930 Paid

1931

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Release date Title Notes
January 3, 1931 Reducing
January 5, 1931 Anna Christie German-language version
January 10, 1931 The Bachelor Father
January 16, 1931 Monsieur Le Fox Spanish-language version of Men of the North
January 23, 1931 De frente, marchen Spanish-language version of Doughboys
January 24, 1931 The Great Meadow
January 31, 1931 Inspiration
February 7, 1931 Dance, Fools, Dance
February 7, 1931 The Easiest Way
February 21, 1931 Si l'empereur savait ça French-language version of His Glorious Night
February 21, 1931 The Prodigal
February 28, 1931 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
March 7, 1931 Gentleman's Fate
March 13, 1931 La fruta amarga Spanish-language version of Min and Bill
March 14, 1931 Men Call It Love
March 27, 1931 En cada puerto un amor Spanish-language version of Way for a Sailor
March 28, 1931 A Tailor Made Man
April 3, 1931 La mujer X Spanish-language version of Madame X
April 4, 1931 Strangers May Kiss
April 11, 1931 Stepping Out
April 11, 1931 It's a Wise Child
April 18, 1931 The Secret Six A George Hill-Cosmopolitan production
April 25, 1931 Shipmates
May 2, 1931 Daybreak
May 16, 1931 Never the Twain Shall Meet
May 23, 1931 Trader Horn Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
May 30, 1931 Laughing Sinners
June 6, 1931 Just a Gigolo
June 13, 1931 Five and Ten
June 20, 1931 A Free Soul Academy Award for Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore
Remade in 1953 as The Girl Who Had Everything
June 26, 1931 El proceso de Mary Dugan Spanish-language version of The Trial of Mary Dugan
July 4, 1931 The Man in Possession
July 17, 1931 Su última noche Spanish-language remake of The Gay Deceiver
July 18, 1931 The Great Lover
July 25, 1931 Politics
August 1, 1931 Son of India
August 8, 1931 Sporting Blood
August 15, 1931 Pardon Us A Hal Roach Feature
August 22, 1931 Guilty Hands
August 29, 1931 This Modern Age
September 5, 1931 The Squaw Man
September 12, 1931 The Phantom of Paris
September 26, 1931 Sidewalks of New York
October 2, 1931 Cheri-Bibi Spanish-language version of The Phantom of Paris
October 3, 1931 New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
October 10, 1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
October 24, 1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
November 7, 1931 The Guardsman
November 9, 1931 The Champ Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
November 14, 1931 Flying High
November 21, 1931 Possessed
November 28, 1931 West of Broadway
December 5, 1931 The Cuban Love Song
December 12, 1931 Private Lives
December 26, 1931 Mata Hari

1932

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Release date Title Notes
January 2, 1932 Emma
January 16, 1932 Hell Divers
January 23, 1932 Lovers Courageous
February 6, 1932 The Passionate Plumber
February 13, 1932 The Beast of the City
February 20, 1932 Freaks
February 27, 1932 Polly of the Circus
March 5, 1932 Arsène Lupin
March 25, 1932 Tarzan the Ape Man
March 26, 1932 The Wet Parade
April 9, 1932 But the Flesh Is Weak
April 24, 1932 Are You Listening
April 30, 1932 When a Feller Needs a Friend
May 14, 1932 Huddle
May 14, 1932 Letty Lynton
May 28, 1932 As You Desire Me
June 4, 1932 New Morals for Old
June 4, 1932 Night Court
June 25, 1932 Red-Headed Woman
July 2, 1932 Unashamed
July 9, 1932 The Washington Masquerade
July 16, 1932 Skyscraper Souls
August 6, 1932 Downstairs
August 13, 1932 Speak Easily
August 27, 1932 Divorce in the Family
September 1, 1932 Blondie of the Follies
September 11, 1932 Grand Hotel Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
September 17, 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles Presented by Hal Roach (A Hal Roach Comedy)
September 24, 1932 Smilin’ Through Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
October 1, 1932 Kongo
October 15, 1932 Faithless
October 22, 1932 Red Dust
November 5, 1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu A Cosmopolitan production
November 7, 1932 Payment Deferred
November 18, 1932 Prosperity
December 8, 1932 Flesh
December 16, 1932 Fast Life
December 23, 1932 The Son-Daughter
December 23, 1932 Rasputin and the Empress
December 30, 1932 Strange Interlude

1933

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Release date Title Notes
January 20, 1933 The Outsider US distribution; presented in the UK by Eric Hakim
January 21, 1933 Whistling in the Dark
February 3, 1933 The Secret of Madame Blanche
February 10, 1933 What! No Beer?
February 17, 1933 Men Must Fight
February 24, 1933 Clear All Wires!
March 10, 1933 Fast Workers
March 31, 1933 Gabriel Over the White House A Cosmopolitan production
April 14, 1933 Today We Live
April 14, 1933 The White Sister
April 28, 1933 Looking Forward
May 5, 1933 The Devil's Brother
May 12, 1933 The Barbarian
May 19, 1933 Made on Broadway
May 26, 1933 Peg o' My Heart A Cosmopolitan production
June 2, 1933 The Nuisance
June 9, 1933 Hell Below
June 16, 1933 Reunion in Vienna
June 23, 1933 When Ladies Meet A Cosmopolitan production
June 30, 1933 Midnight Mary
July 7, 1933 Hold Your Man
July 14, 1933 Storm at Daybreak
July 28, 1933 Another Language
July 28, 1933 The Stranger's Return
August 4, 1933 Tugboat Annie
August 25, 1933 Turn Back the Clock
August 29, 1933 Dinner at Eight
September 1, 1933 Beauty for Sale
September 8, 1933 Penthouse
September 15, 1933 Broadway to Hollywood
September 22, 1933 The Solitaire Man
September 29, 1933 Stage Mother
October 6, 1933 Night Flight
October 13, 1933 Bombshell
October 20, 1933 Meet the Baron
October 27, 1933 Day of Reckoning
November 3, 1933 The Chief
November 10, 1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady
November 14, 1933 Eskimo
November 17, 1933 Christopher Bean
November 24, 1933 Dancing Lady
December 1, 1933 Should Ladies Behave
December 8, 1933 The Women in His Life
December 22, 1933 Going Hollywood
December 26, 1933 Queen Christina
December 29, 1933 Sons of the Desert A Hal Roach Comedy

1934

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Release date Title Notes
January 5, 1934 Fugitive Lovers
January 26, 1934 You Can't Buy Everything A Cosmopolitan production
February 2, 1934 This Side of Heaven
February 16, 1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
February 23, 1934 The Mystery of Mr. X
March 9, 1934 The Show-Off
March 16, 1934 Lazy River
March 30, 1934 Riptide
April 6, 1934 Men in White A Cosmopolitan production
April 10, 1934 Viva Villa! Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
April 13, 1934 Laughing Boy
April 16, 1934 Tarzan and His Mate
May 4, 1934 Manhattan Melodrama A Cosmopolitan production
May 9, 1934 Sadie McKee
May 25, 1934 The Thin Man Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
June 1, 1934 Hollywood Party
June 8, 1934 Operator 13 A Cosmopolitan production
June 29, 1934 Murder in the Private Car
July 13, 1934 Stamboul Quest
July 27, 1934 Paris Interlude
August 3, 1934 The Girl from Missouri
August 10, 1934 Straight Is the Way
August 17, 1934 Treasure Island
August 24, 1934 Hide-Out
September 1, 1934 Chained
September 7, 1934 Have a Heart
September 14, 1934 Death on the Diamond
September 21, 1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Remade in 1956
September 28, 1934 Outcast Lady
October 5, 1934 Student Tour
October 19, 1934 What Every Woman Knows
November 2, 1934 The Merry Widow
November 9, 1934 Evelyn Prentice A Cosmopolitan production
November 23, 1934 The Painted Veil
November 30, 1934 Babes in Toyland A Hal Roach production; owned by MGM itself via Orion Pictures since 1997
December 7, 1934 A Wicked Woman
December 14, 1934 The Gay Bride
December 21, 1934 The Band Plays On
December 22, 1934 Sequoia
December 23, 1934 Forsaking All Others A W. S. Van Dyke production

1935

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Release date Title Notes
January 4, 1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
January 11, 1935 The Night Is Young
January 19, 1935 David Copperfield Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
January 25, 1935 Society Doctor
February 8, 1935 The Winning Ticket
February 15, 1935 Shadow of Doubt
February 22, 1935 After Office Hours
March 1, 1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
March 3, 1935 One New York Night
March 8, 1935 Times Square Lady
March 15, 1935 The Casino Murder Case
March 22, 1935 Naughty Marietta Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
March 23, 1935 West Point of the Air
April 12, 1935 Baby Face Harrington
April 19, 1935 Reckless
April 26, 1935 Mark of the Vampire
May 3, 1935 Vagabond Lady A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
May 10, 1935 Age of Indiscretion
May 17, 1935 The Flame Within
May 27, 1935 Murder in the Fleet
May 31, 1935 Public Hero No. 1
June 14, 1935 No More Ladies
June 28, 1935 Calm Yourself
July 6, 1935 Escapade
July 12, 1935 Mad Love
July 12, 1935 The Murder Man
August 2, 1935 Woman Wanted
August 9, 1935 China Seas
August 9, 1935 Pursuit
August 23, 1935 Bonnie Scotland Presented by Hal Roach
August 30, 1935 Anna Karenina
August 30, 1935 Here Comes the Band
September 13, 1935 The Bishop Misbehaves
September 18, 1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
September 27, 1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy
October 4, 1935 I Live My Life
October 11, 1935 It's in the Air
October 23, 1935 Rendezvous
November 8, 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
Remade in 1962
November 15, 1935 A Night at the Opera
November 22, 1935 The Perfect Gentleman
December 6, 1935 Ah, Wilderness!
December 6, 1935 Kind Lady
December 18, 1935 Whipsaw
December 20, 1935 Last of the Pagans
December 27, 1935 A Tale of Two Cities Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture

1936

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Release date Title Notes
January 3, 1936 Riffraff
January 10, 1936 Three Live Ghosts
January 17, 1936 Exclusive Story
January 24, 1936 Tough Guy
February 1, 1936 Rose Marie
February 14, 1936 The Bohemian Girl A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
February 15, 1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
February 21, 1936 The Garden Murder Case
February 28, 1936 Wife vs. Secretary
March 6, 1936 Three Godfathers
March 17, 1936 Robin Hood of El Dorado
March 20, 1936 Petticoat Fever
March 27, 1936 Moonlight Murder
April 4, 1936 The Unguarded Hour
April 8, 1936 The Great Ziegfeld Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
April 10, 1936 Small Town Girl
April 24, 1936 Absolute Quiet
May 8, 1936 Speed
May 9, 1936 Neighborhood House A Hal Roach Comedy - produced as a feature but released as a 2-reel short.
May 15, 1936 The Three Wise Guys
May 22, 1936 Trouble for Two
May 29, 1936 Fury Fritz Lang's first American film
June 19, 1936 We Went to College
June 26, 1936 San Francisco Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
July 10, 1936 The Devil-Doll
July 20, 1936 Suzy
July 31, 1936 Women Are Trouble
August 7, 1936 His Brother's Wife
August 14, 1936 Piccadilly Jim
August 20, 1936 Romeo and Juliet Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
August 21, 1936 Kelly the Second A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
August 28, 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy A Clarence Brown production
September 11, 1936 Sworn Enemy
September 18, 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy
September 25, 1936 Old Hutch
October 2, 1936 The Longest Night
October 9, 1936 Libeled Lady Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
October 16, 1936 All American Chump
October 23, 1936 Mr. Cinderella Presented by Hal Roach Studios
October 30, 1936 Our Relations A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
November 6, 1936 Tarzan Escapes
November 13, 1936 Mad Holiday
November 20, 1936 Love on the Run
November 27, 1936 Born to Dance
December 11, 1936 General Spanky A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
December 12, 1936 Camille
December 18, 1936 Sinner Take All
December 25, 1936 After the Thin Man

1937

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Release date Title Notes
January 8, 1937 Under Cover of Night
January 22, 1937 Dangerous Number
January 26, 1937 April Blossoms/April Romance US distribution only; produced in the UK by Alliance Films
January 29, 1937 The Good Earth Presented by The Theatre Guild
Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
January 29, 1937 Man of the People
February 5, 1937 Mama Steps Out
February 19, 1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
February 26, 1937 Espionage
March 12, 1937 A Family Affair 1st entry in the Andy Hardy film series
March 19, 1937 Personal Property
March 26, 1937 Maytime
April 2, 1937 Song of the City
April 9, 1937 Aldebaran US distribution; produced in Italy by Manenti Film
April 16, 1937 Way Out West A Hal Roach Feature Comedy, presented by Hal Roach Studios
April 23, 1937 The Good Old Soak
April 23, 1937 Nobody's Baby A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
April 30, 1937 Night Must Fall
May 7, 1937 They Gave Him a Gun
May 7, 1937 The Thirteenth Chair
May 11, 1937 Captains Courageous Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
May 21, 1937 Pick a Star A Hal Roach comedy
June 4, 1937 Parnell
June 11, 1937 A Day at the Races
June 18, 1937 Married Before Breakfast
July 2, 1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
July 9, 1937 Between Two Women
July 16, 1937 Topper A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
July 23, 1937 Saratoga
July 30, 1937 London by Night
August 20, 1937 Broadway Melody of 1938
August 27, 1937 Bad Guy
September 1, 1937 The Firefly
September 3, 1937 Big City
September 10, 1937 The Women Men Marry
September 17, 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich
October 1, 1937 Madame X
October 15, 1937 The Bride Wore Red
October 15, 1937 Double Wedding
October 22, 1937 Conquest
October 29, 1937 Live, Love and Learn
November 12, 1937 The Last Gangster
November 19, 1937 Navy Blue and Gold
December 3, 1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal
December 3, 1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
December 10, 1937 You're Only Young Once 2nd entry in the Andy Hardy film series
December 14, 1937 Mannequin A Frank Borzage production
December 24, 1937 Rosalie
December 31, 1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone

1938

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Release date Title Notes
January 7, 1938 Man-Proof
January 14, 1938 Love Is a Headache
February 4, 1938 Everybody Sing
February 11, 1938 Of Human Hearts
February 15, 1938 Paradise for Three
February 18, 1938 A Yank at Oxford Made by MGM-British
February 25, 1938 Arsène Lupin Returns
March 4, 1938 Merrily We Live Presented by Hal Roach (A Hal Roach Feature Comedy)
March 12, 1938 The First Hundred Years
March 18, 1938 The Girl of the Golden West
March 26, 1938 Judge Hardy's Children 3rd entry in the Andy Hardy film series
April 22, 1938 Test Pilot Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
May 13, 1938 Hold That Kiss
May 19, 1938 Yellow Jack
May 20, 1938 Swiss Miss Presented by Hal Roach Studios
June 2, 1938 Three Comrades
June 10, 1938 The Toy Wife
June 17, 1938 Lord Jeff
June 24, 1938 Woman Against Woman
July 1, 1938 Port of Seven Seas
July 5, 1938 Fast Company
July 8, 1938 Marie Antoinette
July 15, 1938 The Shopworn Angel
July 22, 1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy 4th entry in the Andy Hardy film series
July 29, 1938 The Chaser
August 5, 1938 The Crowd Roars
August 12, 1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl
August 19, 1938 Block-Heads A Hal Roach Feature Comedy
September 2, 1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
September 9, 1938 Boys Town Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
September 16, 1938 Too Hot to Handle
September 30, 1938 Vacation from Love
October 7, 1938 Stablemates
October 14, 1938 Young Dr. Kildare 1st entry in the Dr. Kildare film series
October 18, 1938 Listen, Darling
October 29, 1938 The Citadel made by MGM-British
Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
November 4, 1938 The Great Waltz
November 11, 1938 Spring Madness
November 18, 1938 The Shining Hour
November 25, 1938 Out West with the Hardys
December 2, 1938 Flirting with Fate Distribution only; produced by David Loew Productions
December 8, 1938 Pygmalion US distribution; produced in the UK by Gabriel Pascal Productions
Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
December 9, 1938 Dramatic School
December 16, 1938 A Christmas Carol
December 22, 1938 Sweethearts MGM's first three-strip Technicolor film; first feature film appearance of Tanner the Lion
December 23, 1938 The Girl Downstairs

1939

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Release date Title Notes
January 6, 1939 Stand Up and Fight
January 13, 1939 Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
January 27, 1939 Idiot's Delight
January 27, 1939 Four Girls in White
February 3, 1939 Honolulu
February 10, 1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Remade in 1960
February 17, 1939 Fast and Loose
February 24, 1939 Let Freedom Ring
March 10, 1939 The Ice Follies of 1939
March 17, 1939 Within the Law
March 21, 1939 Society Lawyer
March 24, 1939 Sergeant Madden
April 7, 1939 Broadway Serenade
April 14, 1939 The Kid from Texas
April 21, 1939 The Hardys Ride High 6th entry in the Andy Hardy film series
April 28, 1939 Calling Dr. Kildare 2nd entry in the Dr. Kildare film series
May 5, 1939 Lucky Night
May 12, 1939 Tell No Tales
May 15, 1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Made by MGM-British
Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Remade as musical in 1969
May 19, 1939 It's a Wonderful World
May 26, 1939 Bridal Suite
June 9, 1939 6,000 Enemies
June 15, 1939 Land of Liberty Distribution only; produced by Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America
A compilation film for the Golden Gate International Exposition and the 1939 New York World's Fair
June 16, 1939 Tarzan Finds a Son!
June 22, 1939 Maisie
June 30, 1939 Stronger Than Desire
July 6, 1939 On Borrowed Time
July 21, 1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever 7th entry in the Andy Hardy film series
August 4, 1939 They All Come Out
August 10, 1939 Miracles for Sale
August 11, 1939 Lady of the Tropics
August 15, 1939 The Wizard of Oz Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989
August 18, 1939 These Glamour Girls
August 29, 1939 Ask a Policeman US distribution only; made in the UK by Gainsborough Pictures
September 1, 1939 The Women
September 8, 1939 Blackmail
September 15, 1939 Thunder Afloat
September 29, 1939 Dancing Co-Ed
October 6, 1939 Fast and Furious
October 13, 1939 Babes in Arms
October 20, 1939 At the Circus
October 27, 1939 Bad Little Angel
November 9, 1939 Ninotchka Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Remade as musical in 1957
November 17, 1939 Another Thin Man 3rd entry in the Thin Man film series
November 24, 1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare 3rd entry in the Dr. Kildare film series
December 1, 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
December 8, 1939 Henry Goes Arizona
December 13, 1939 Nick Carter, Master Detective
December 15, 1939 Balalaika
December 19, 1939 Gone with the Wind Co-produced by Selznick International Pictures
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989
December 19, 1939 Remember?
December 22, 1939 Judge Hardy and Son

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