(archive footage)
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Self
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.
Landlady
A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
(archive footage)
La Metro Goldwyn Mayer celebró su 50º aniversario haciendo una recopilación de sus mejores clásicos musicales y entrevistando a sus protagonistas.
Mrs. Schultz
Un temporal de nieve azota Chicago, dificultando el intenso tráfico de su aeropuerto. A pesar de las malas condiciones meteorológicas, el aeropuerto consigue permanecer abierto, pero entre los aviones que despegan causa una gran alarma el que vuela con destino a Roma, porque, entre los pasajeros, hay un polizonte y un hombre con un maletín sospechoso.
Mrs. Peters
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
Mimsy
Cuando Holly Parker, una modesta dependienta de San Francisco, decide contraer matrimonio con Clyton Anderson no se podía imaginar la vida que le esperaba. Clayton, un magnate de buena familia con aspiraciones políticas, establece el hogar familiar en una mansión de Connecticut donde son recibidos por la madre de Clayton, una mujer dominante que vivirá con ellos incluso después del nacimiento de su hijo Clay. Las imposiciones de la madre, que pretende incluso decidir sobre la educación del pequeño, y las constantes ausencias de su marido hacen que Holly busque refugio a su soledad en el divertido playboy Phil Benton que muere en un extraño accidente en el que Holly se ve involucrada.
Irene Talbot
La muerte en extrañas circunstancias de un conocido playboy, no sólo moviliza a la policía de Acapulco, sino que inquieta e incluso alarma al amplio círculo de amistades y conocidos del muerto. entre ellas se encuentra el matrimonio Yordan, unos millonarios sobre los que corre el rumor de que ella era la amante del fallecido, y que él solamente se casó por dinero.
Candy
Kelly es una prostituta que llega a la ciudad de Grantville huyendo de su pasado. Tras un primer encuentro con Griff, el capitán de la policía de la ciudad, consigue rehacer su vida trabajando como enfermera en un hospital para niños inválidos. Además, se enamora del hombre más bueno y rico de la ciudad; pero las cosas no son exactamente lo que parecen.
Jenny Brooks
Michael Conrad es el dueño de un zoológico privado, pero también lidera un grupo de culto que adoran los animales, sobre todo los grandes felinos como tigres, leones, panteras, guepardos... Joe, uno de los cuidadores del zoológico, es atacado por un tigre y acaba disparando contra el felino. Conrad, por este acto, lejos de preocuparse por atender la situación emocional o física de su empleado, no dudará en castigarlo con la muerte por su actitud ante los animales. Aquella misma noche se celebrará un cortejo fúnebre nocturno al que asistirán el dueño del zoológico, su esposa Edna, otro de sus empleados y varias fieras salvajes: es el entierro del tigre asesinado por Joe. Conrad nunca vacilará en asesinar a todo aquel que se le ponga por delante con tal de proteger los intereses de todos sus animales.
Camille Quinlaw
Un famoso escritor de novelas femeninas, solterón empedernido, se retira a un pueblo de California para escribir sobre las mujeres. Allí, todas las casadas se fijan en el forastero, pero él se queda prendado de la única soltera, que hará lo posible para llevarlo al altar
Janey nee Smith
Rae Smith (Susan Hayward), una joven diseñadora de moda deseosa de triunfar en su profesión, mantiene una relación con Paul Saxon (John Gavin), un joven militar. Cuando Saxon se reincorpora a la vida civil como heredero de una cadena de almacenes, tiene que ayudar a Rae a librarse de un individuo que la acosa.
Miss Jenks
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds in this and the third Tammy movie. This film introduces both a new theme song, "Tammy Tell Me True", and the character of Mrs. Annie Call, played by veteran Beulah Bondi. Mrs. Call ultimately moves in with Tammy at the Ellen B. and would be the catalyst for the events in the following film, "Tammy and The Doctor".
Miss Lee
Sheila, que no pude soportar su matrimonio con un hombre mayor, enfermo, millonario y déspota, se ha enamorado de David, el médico que atiende a su marido. (FILMAFFINITY)
Roseanne Fraden
John Gant, un elegante asesino profesional, llega a Lordsburg y se aloja en el hotel del pueblo. Nadie sabe la identidad de la persona que presuntamente debe matar. Los habitantes de la localidad hacen cábalas sobre quien puede ser la víctima, y algunos tienen motivos para creer que serán ellos.
Miss Robson
A pretty, sheltered teenager falls for a boy from the wrong side of town.
Elsie Desmond
Biopic sobre la estrella de Broadway de los años 20 Jeanne Eagels (1894-1929). Aunque Eagels aspira a ser una gran actriz, acepta un trabajo como bailarina en un pequeño local neoyorquino. Cuando llega a "La Gran Manzana", recibe clases de la estricta Madame Neilson, logrando así debutar en Broadway en 1922.
Sara
Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) es una ambiciosa ex periodista que está casada con un policía (Sterling Hayden). Con el fin de lograr un ascenso para su marido, no duda en coquetear peligrosamente con el jefe de éste (Raymond Burr). Atrapada en una difícil situación que ella misma ha creado, acabará cometiendo un crimen. Lo peor es que su marido será el encargado de investigarlo.
Sandra Lamoreaux
A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked lawyer.
Alida Anderson
Una viuda de buena familia inicia un romance con su apuesto jardinero. A pesar de pertenecer a dos mundos completamente diferentes deciden casarse, pero su amor tropieza con el rechazo de los hijos de la mujer y de su círculo social.
Estelle Hohengarten
Serafina delle Rose (Anna Magnani), una apasionada mujer de origen siciliano que vive en una población sureña, vive entregada al recuerdo y a la fidelidad de su marido, muerto a manos de un policía. Pero un día conoce a un rudo camionero (Burt Lancaster) y su vida empieza a cambiar. En su primera película en Hollywood, Anna Magnani se llevó el Oscar a la mejor actriz.
Mrs. Dickinson
En el año 1830, Texas era un inmenso territorio, al norte de Río Grande, que pertenecía a la República de México. El Presidente de este país, el general Santana, había permitido el asentamiento de colonos americanos en esas tierras, que acabaron formando un Estado dentro de la República Mexicana. Pero la política despótica de Santana puso a los texanos en pie de guerra. La primera batalla tuvo lugar en El Álamo, un fuerte situado en la afueras de la ciudad de San Antonio, donde se refugiaron los cabecillas de la insurrección. Santana cercó y atacó el fuerte con un poderoso ejército. El Álamo estaba bajo el mando del coronel Jim Bowie (Sterling Hayden), cuyo lugarteniente era el abogado Bill Travis. (FILMAFFINITY)
Dorothy Buracker
Filme que relata la historia del almirante estadounidense John M. Hoskins, quien siguió desempeñándose a lo largo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial a pesar de haber perdido una pierna en las primeras fases del conflicto.
Vicki Harris
Nora King se despierta luego de un intento de suicidio con pastillas somníferas. Pero al salir de su habitación descubre que todas las calles de la ciudad se encuentran desiertas. Nora se topa con Frank Brooks, un forastero que acaba de recuperar la conciencia luego de un intento de robo la noche anterior. Ambos deambulan por la metrópoli intentan ubicar otros supervivientes o siquiera una radio que les alerte sobre lo que está sucediendo. Pero al hallar varios cadáveres, algunos autos con los motores desarmados, y los edificios intactos, Nora y Frank llegan a la conclusión que la ciudad fue evacuada de emergencia en vísperas de una ataque. Junto con otros sobrevivientes intentan salir de la urbe; pero terminan por toparse con lo que parece ser una avanzada alienígena que esta cubriendo la ciudad y es indetenible. Y ahora el grupo deberá ocultarse como puede mientras esperan que el ejército pueda rechazar lo que parece ser el inicio de una invasión extraterrestre.
Stella Walker
1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a trio of killers.
Elsa
A group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To this end, they have kidnapped a nuclear scientist and are traveling by steamship to the coast of South America. Luckily for western civilization, the hard-nosed ship's captain, played by Barton MacLane, has other ideas.
Raquel Jackson
A US Marshal hunts down three bank robbers that are living under new identities.
Abby
A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey, Charles Winninger, Veda Ann Borg and Hope Emerson.
Mary Smith
In 1852, two friends left the Nevada prospector region to relocate from en route he meets the beautiful Marie who decides to make a trek with two friends, but on the way he is attacked by three Arabs who installs camels, take these Arab adventurers to the Indians.
Laura Brock
When they learn that their brother Matt Denton (Ross Latimer) is awaiting trial in California, charged with train robbery, deputies Tom Denton (Preston Foster) and Fred Denton (Jim Davis) leave their home in Fort Grant, Texas and head west. They arrive in Tulare just in time to rescue Matt from being hanged, but a guard is killed during their escape. Ed Larkin (Rory Mallinson) who framed Matt, falsely accuses them of a long list of crimes. They return to Fort Grant so that Tom can see his sweetheart Laura Brook (Virginia Grey). They encounter outlaw Bill Devlin (William Haade) who persuades them to hold up a train which Laura unwittingly told them would carry a large payroll. Soon the whole territory is enraged at their deeds. They return to Fort Grant to hold up the two banks that are filled with huge sums of cattle money.
Lorabelle Larkin
Tres forajidos roban una dilegencia y huyen. Cuando los caballos se agotan, asesinan a unos indios para conseguir caballos frescos. Esto pone a los indios en pie de guerra y tienen que refugiarse en un fuerte del Ejército para evitarlos. Los indios ofrecen paz a cambio de los tres hombres. El oficial al mando del fuerte quiere la paz pero las reglas dicen que los hombres deben ser juzgados ante un tribunal. Los indios no tendrán más remedio que atacar.
Lisbeth Flood
An American takes up bullfighting to impress the ladies but learns to respect the sport.
Janet Smedley Adams
An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his help. When he gets there he discovers that his daughter, a lawyer, is under great stress because of her biggest client, an old geezer who is the wealthiest and most powerful man in town. The girl's father decides to make the old man "disappear" by performing a rain dance he learned from an Indian chief back in Wyoming--and lo and behold it starts to rain and the old man does indeed disappear. The local sheriff, however, suspects foul play and arrests the girl's father.
Mary Simms
La banda de ladrones conocida como "Tri-State" lleva una fructífera racha de robar bancos, lo que hace que las autoridades locales se vean presionadas para acabar con los atrevidos criminales de la carretera.
Carol
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
Mary / Montana
Joe Bascomb persigue al estafador Harry Lambert hasta la Ciudad de México, luego de que Harry aparentemente lo estafara en un negocio de acciones petrolíferas en los Estados Unidos. Harry es el agente artístico de la ex-novia de Joe, Mary, quien bajo el nombre de Montana se hace pasar por torera. Cuando Joe se encuentra con Harry en la plaza de toros, Mary está a punto de tirar su montera a la multitud donde el afortunado destinatario será proclamado 'embajador de buena voluntad' en la Semana del Amigo Americano, una festividad local que permite al ganador viajar por México durante una semana. En realidad Harry lo ha arreglado para que Mary arroje la montera a Gus Adamson, otro estafador, pero en vez de eso, Mary se la lanza enfurecida a Joe. Resulta que Joe ahora es el 'embajador de buena voluntad' pero, a su vez, también está siendo perseguido por las autoridades estadounidenses por participar en la estafa del petróleo...
Dr. Hilary Parker
Primera de una serie de 16 películas protagonizadas por Johnny Weissmuller, basadas en el cómic “Jungle Jim” (1934) de Alex Raymond y Don Moore. Hilary Parker es una médica científica que está en la búsqueda de una droga poco común para ayudar a combatir la polio. El oportunista Bruce Edwards se une a ella, pero en realidad su intención es encontrar un tesoro escondido en la selva.
Jane Gilbert
A fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.
Carole Lane
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs...
Patricia
The passengers and crew of an airplane are stranded in an unfamiliar jungle. Unknown to most of the survivors is a criminal among them who caused the crash.
Ella Finch
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.
Ann Loring
A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
Diana
Inglaterra, 1763. Después de ser condenada por un crimen, la joven y hermosa Abigail Hale acepta, con el fin de escapar de la horca, servir catorce años como esclava en la colonia de Virginia, cuyos habitantes comienzan a escuchar y temer el siniestro canto de los amenazantes tambores de guerra que resuenan en el salvaje valle del río Ohio.
Lila Regan
Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.
Janet Hilton
Highlights in this one include a fist-fight between Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe (I won't give away the winner, but check the cast order); a cat-fight between Virginia Grey and Carol Thurston that the male cast of Sienfeld would pay to see and, just to keep things moving, Weissmuller wrestles an alligator, and there are two mid-water collisions between small-craft boats, a big ship wreck and a blazing swamp fire finale. Toss in a plot that has Weissmuller as a psycho-neurotic war veteran who, because he piled up his Navy destroyer on the rocks, now dreads returning to his pre-war occupation of a pilot guiding ships through the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi. Throw in icy Virginia Grey as a spoiled heiress out to take Johnny away from his job, his friends and the girl he loves (who knows why), and you have enough plot and action for two Pine-Thomas jewels.
Joan Medford
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
Paula Marlowe
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
Diana Lee
Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, whose life has no romance because she devotes all of her time to her attractive older sister. But she does keep a diary that contains some fact and many fictional entries. One such is read by the wife of her boss who promptly sues for a divorce. Virginia Grey stars in a musical produced by Hall and sings (possibly dubbed) "Makin' a Million" and "Keep Your Chin Up." No spoiler to add that Ryan gets a boyfriend and Hall and Allbritton are reunited before this one runs it course.
Rita Dane
Duke Fergus es un cowboy que pierde todo su dinero en la casa de juegos de Tito Morell en San Francisco. Allí, se enamora de Flaxen Tarry, la cantante del local y novia de Tito. Sin dinero, se ve obligado a volver a su tierra, Montana, con la decisión de volver pronto a San Francisco para estar cerca de su amada. En casa, aprende todos los trucos del juego gracias al jugador profesional Wolf Wylie. Cuando vuelve a San Francisco, consigue hacer una gran fortuna. Abre su propio cabaret y consigue que Flaxen sea la estrella del espectáculo. El día de la inauguración, un terremoto destruye la casi totalidad de la ciudad y con ella, el negocio de Duke.
Vicki Morrison
Vicki Morrison is the niece of the irascible old scoundrel Uncle William Morrison. When Vicki's boyfriend and owner of a Broadway nightclub Duke Randall needs $63,000 in a hurry, Vicki fakes her own kidnapping to raise the ransom money from her uncle. Things get sticky when the phony abduction turns real.
Katherine Palmor Bentley
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
Dr. Leslie Ross
Un sargento de Marines, que ha sido herido en el campo de batalla, pasa su convalecencia en Europa. En el hospital recibe cartas anónimas de una joven llamnada Rosemary y acaba enamorándose de ella. Tan pronto como regresa a casa, emprende la búsqueda de la chica, pero su madre le comunica que se ha ido.
Edna Van Dyke
An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her hometown.
Virginia Grey
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Dakota (Terry), un soldado que está de permiso en Nueva York, visita la famosa Stage Door Canteen (título original del film), un local de Broadway donde célebres artistas entretenían a los soldados que volvían del frente. Dakota y sus amigos, Tex (Sunset Carson) y California (Lon McAllister), caen rendidos ante los encantos de Eileen (Cheryl Walker), Jean (Marjorie Riordan) y Ella Sue (Margaret Early). Artistas del calibre de Katharine Hepburn, Merle Oberon, George Raft, Johnny Weismuller, Ralph Bellamy o Harpo Marx llenan el local, en el que actúan las bandas de Xavier Cugat, Count Basie y Benny Goodman.
Terry
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
Terry Parker
With the help of a WAAC group, Mr. District Attorny smashes a Nazi spy-ring that is selling counterfeit War Stamps and Bonds.
Katherine 'Kit' Bowser Sands
In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.
Jennifer Benton
America's favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in this vintage tale as an up-and-coming rodeo singer caught in the middle of two rival companies, both angling to ride the talented crooner to riches. Featuring several memorable musical performances from Autry, including renditions of "Forgive Me" and "In Old Capistrano," this rousing Western co-stars Smiley Burnette, Virginia Grey and Lucien Littlefield.
Sue 'Butch' Custer
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
Connie Beach
Boy, el hijo de Tarzán y Jane, que cree que sus padres han muerto, es raptado por unos hombres que quieren llevarlo a los Estados Unidos para que actúe en un espectáculo con un elefante. Sus padres no dudarán en viajar a la "Gran Manzana" para rescatar a su hijo. Una de las más populares películas del mítico Tarzán, que cambia esta vez la jungla africana por la selva de cemento neoyorquina.
Jane Wilson
Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.
'Fran' Post
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
Joan Sutton
Groucho Marx, ayudado por los juguetones Harpo y Chico, organiza un caos en cada planta -e incluso en las paredes y techos- de un gran almacén. En el intento de cortejar a su eterna Dulcinea, la encantadora viuda Margaret Dumont, Groucho empeora la maraña de una feroz intriga de altos ejecutivos.
Teddy Carlyle
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
Margie Blake, Phil's Secretary
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Anastasia Atherton
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
Laura Merriweather
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
Lila Hanley
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Mary Peabody
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their tearful goodbye, the home's residents vote to allow the couple to move in together. The Captain is a reluctant lodger, uncomfortable at being surrounded by so much femininity, and bristles when his pals start referring to him as "Old Lady". The time has come for Captain Peabody to reassert his manhood!
Patricia Casey
Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised when he's asked to retire on his 25th anniversary with the force. He's even more unprepared for the romance that develops between his favorite daughter, Maureen, and the Scottish cop who takes over his beat.
Lois MacFay
A Nick y a Nora Charles, un matrimonio muy excéntrico, les apasiona ejercer de detectives aficionados. Un día, la familia Charles, después de pasar un fin de semana fuera, regresa a su casa en compañía de un industrial de Long Island que sospecha que alguien quiere matarle, e inmediatamente su temor se hace realidad. Lo peor es que Nick está entre los sospechosos, pero Nora tiene sus propias ideas sobre el caso y se escabulle dentro de un club para buscar pistas.
Susan Thorson
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Pat
Un grupo de mujeres pasan la mayor parte del día entre salones de belleza y tiendas de ropa, siempre murmurando, con cotilleos y rumores. De repente, una de ellas descubre que su marido se ve a escondidas con una dependienta. Esta situación provoca un escándalo entre sus amigas, produciéndose diversas situaciones de celos, envidias y rumores. (FILMAFFINITY)
Self
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.
Consuela MacNish
En esta sexta entrega, los Harvey heredan dos millones de dólares y se mudan a Detroit. Allí Andy (Mickey Rooney) se enamora locamente de una corista (Virginia Grey).
Pearl
Hale y Jimmy Seymour son una pareja que trabaja en en pequeños clubes nocturnos con la esperanza de tener éxito. Una noche, Larry Bryant (un productor de Broadway) ve a Mary y se enamora de su belleza y su voz. Larry Bryant le pide que haga una audición para el Sr. Collier y que Jimmy la acompañe. Después de escuchar a Mary, Collier quiere que Mary esté en su show. Jimmy anima a una Mary reacia a seguir el camino sin él.
Shirley Laughlin
En los Alpes, en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), dos estafadores profesionales se conocen durante un espectáculo burlesco. Tras el estallido de la guerra, vuelven a encontrarse en Francia, pero ella va acompañada por un odioso barón, que se dedica al tráfico de armas y que cree que ella es una exiliada rusa.
Simone
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way through life, and her fellow students at school begin to suspect her stories are just that - fabrications. After Louise begins to weave an actual meeting with a debonair playboy into a fantasy of club dates and romance, her classmate Nana discovers the lie when she too meets the playboy. Nana sets a trap for Louise, and the result is an end to one fantasy and the realization of another.
Madge
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.
Selma Willis
Un rico hombre de negocios quiere casarse con su secretaria, pero antes ha de pasar la inspección de la familia de ella.
Chorus Girl #1
Durante la I Guerra Mundial, Bill Pettigrew, un joven soldado texano, es enviado a Nueva York para recibir entrenamiento básico. Allí conocerá a la actriz Daisy Heath, cuando ella casi le atropella. Daisy acepta hacerse pasar por la novia de Bill, pero al final el romance comenzará.
Sally
Alison Skipworth plays female mayor Josephine Bonney, at present having trouble dealing with her town's criminal element. Josephine enlists the aid of home town boy Braddock (Robert Livingston), a pretty tough customer himself, to take on the crooks.
June
A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones) perform two numbers.
Virginia Mason
The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the first edition of the Revue and became a hit song on two continents in 1936.
Sarah
Jim es un piloto de pruebas. Tanto su mujer Ann como su mejor amigo Gunner intentan que vuele con prudencia, pero la vida de esta clase de pilotos es cualquier cosa menos segura.
Ann Clayton
A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.
Mary Callahan
El cadete de West Point, Dick Thorpe, se enamora de una chica, que resulta ser una princesa de un reino europeo.
Woman Kissing Naval Officer (uncredited)
In this MGM Miniature Musical, Harry Owens and his orchestra perform several song numbers.
Kitty Ryan
A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.
Self
Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the production of which include cotton and silver; construction crews who build sets including those to look like cities, towns and villages around the world; a visit with Jack Dawn who demonstrates the process of creating a makeup design; the screen testing process, where many an acting hopeful gets his/her start; the work of the candid camera man, the prying eyes behind the movie camera; a visit with Adrian, who designs the clothes worn by many of the stars on screen; and a visit with Herbert Stothart as he conducts his musical score for Conquest (1937). These behind the scenes looks provide the opportunity to get acquainted with the cavalcade of MGM stars and their productions that will grace the silver screen in the 1937/38 movie season.
Joan Carlo
Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.
Ethel
Life changes in surprising ways when a lazy, unemployed husband and father finds a box containing thousands of dollars in cash.
Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
Los magos del humor, Laurel y Hardy, interpretan a dos marineros encargados de entregar un valioso paquete en el puerto donde, por casualidad, viven sus hermanos gemelos, felizmente casados. Los gemelos y sus dos novias se intercambian, por error, con sus hermanos. Uno de los más divertidos trabajos de los míticos Laurel y Hardy, conocidos en España como El gordo y el flaco. En esta ocasión interpretan dos papeles cada uno, lo que fue posible gracias a los magistrales trucos fotográficos del cámara Rudolph Maté, uno de los grandes directores de fotografía de la historia del cine
Mary Jones
Mary Jones and Charlie Hall have worked for four years in the same office at the Acme Carpet Sweeper Company, but they have never shown any interest in each other. At the suggestion of a janitor, the president of the company uses psychology to try to get them together.
Girl with Henry (Uncredited)
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
Audrey Carlton as a Child (uncredited)
In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle rustling gang, as well as the tragic loss of their only son. With Mary's help, John defeats the gang, which propels him to political power that, over the years, gradually erodes the once-happy marriage.
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
El ayudante de un falso vidente es confundido con un experto en eficacia y contratado en una panadería art déco. Las cosas se complican cuando el vidente y su banda intentan robar la nómina.
Hazel Boyd
Ellen, a young American girl who married a European prince and moved to his country, is preparing to return to the US, after having paid off all the debts left by her now-deceased husband. However, when she returns early, no one recognizes her and even her aunt Kate mistakes her for the princess' dressmaker. Her ex-boyfriend Joe, who recognizes her immediately, suggests that Ellen continue with the charade and have some fun, but a series of misunderstandings causes trouble for her.
Rose, as a child
The Michigan Kid is a gambler in the backwoods of Alaska trying to make enough money to go back to his hometown and impress the girl he loves. His childhood rival for the girl happens to turn up at his casino, in trouble and doesn't want his girl to find about it.
Hazel Boyd
Princess Delatorre, young and beautiful widow of an Italian scion of royalty, returns with her fortune to the small American town where she grew up as Ellen Gutherie. Arriving by train a few days earlier than she planned, Ellen is mistaken for Mrs. Arden, a seamstress of doubtful repute from a neighboring town. She carries on the deception for fun when her nearsighted Aunt Katie and others believe she is Mrs. Arden. Phil, her old sweetheart, recognizes her, however, and shows her his new invention, a corkscrew that turns itself--a failure because of prohibition. Ellen leaves, having heard how much store is set on her coming; she returns on the proper train, elaborately made up as Princess Delatorre, and the big reception takes place as planned. Then she and Phil return to Italy, where they expect the corkscrew to be a success.
Evangeline 'Eva' St. Clare
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.
