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TURN BACK THE CLOCK (1933)

Film Pick of the Day
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Joe Gimlet (Lee Tracy) is a small businessmen, barely scraping by with his loving wife Mary (Mae Clarke). When successful old friend Ted Wright stops by, who married the local rich girl that could have been Joe's, Joe begins to regret the choices he made in life. After a domestic squabble, Joe is hit by a car and when he comes to finds that he is 20 years younger with a chance to do things over again. Joe gives up Mary, and makes the decisions he missed to become a rich man, using his knowledge of history to invest in burdgeoning industries. But he finds that his money and "other" marriage haven't brought him the happiness he envied or wants.

The Stooges, without Healy, make a brief cameo appearance in this film as singing guests at Joe and Elvina's wedding reception.

Details

Average Rating:

[ 7.20/10 ]   5 votes
Featuring Ted Healy and His Stooges
Release Date Friday, August 25, 1933
Studio MGM
Production Type Feature Film
Duration 80 min.

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Births

Alex Novinsky
(Actor)

b. 1878

Petrograd, Russia

Charles D. Brown
(Actor)

b. 1887

Council Bluffs, IA

Johnny Kascier
(Actor)

b. 1889

St. Paul, MN

Bill Walker
(Actor)

b. 1896

Pendleton, IN

Don Beddoe
(Actor)

b. 1903

Pittsburgh, PA

Nick Arno
(Actor)

b. 1903

New York, NY

Lloyd Knechtel
(Special Effects)

b. 1907

Southampton, Ontario, Canada

Albert Woodbury
(Orchestrator)

b. 1909

Los Angeles, CA

Madge Evans
(Actress)

b. 1909

New York, NY

Gail Arnold
(Actress)

b. 1911

Miami, AZ

Olivia de Havilland
(Actress)

b. 1916

Tokyo, Japan

Virginia Dale
(Actress)

b. 1917

Charlotte, NC

Delmar Watson
(Actor)

b. 1926

Los Angeles, CA

Jamie Farr
(Actor)

b. 1934

Toledo, OH

Linne Ahlstrand
(Actress)

b. 1936

Chicago, IL



Deaths

Ben Turpin
(Actor)

d. 1940   (70)

Santa Monica, CA

George Watts
(Actor)

d. 1942   (63)

Los Angeles, CA

Phyllis Barry
(Actress)

d. 1954   (45)

Los Angeles, CA

Eddie Borden
(Actor)

d. 1955   (67)

Los Angeles, CA

Wilson Benge
(Actor)

d. 1955   (80)

Los Angeles, CA

Arnold Belgard
(Screenplay)

d. 1967   (59)

Los Angeles, CA

Virginia Weidler
(Actress)

d. 1968   (41)

Los Angeles, CA

Alex Callam
(Actor)

d. 1969   (68)

Woodland Hills, CA

Tenen Holtz
(Actor)

d. 1971   (84)

Los Angeles County, CA

Harold C. Lewis
(Sound)

d. 1976   (64)

Orange, CA

Phil Shuken
(Associate Producer)

d. 1978   (66)

Los Angeles, CA

George Voskovec
(Actor)

d. 1981   (76)

Pearlblossom, CA

Leni Stengel
(Actress)

d. 1982   (80)

New York, NY

Charles G. Clarke
(Photography)

d. 1983   (84)

Beverly Hills, CA

Ernie Besser
(Actress)

d. 1989   (89)

Los Angeles, CA

Michael Landon
(Actor)

d. 1991   (54)

Malibu, CA

Betty Jane Graham
(Actress)

d. 1998   (74)

Rancho MIrage, CA

Arvo Ojala
(Actor)

d. 2005   (85)

Gresham, OR

Adele Palmer
(Costume Supervision)

d. 2008   (92)

Santa Barbara, CA



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