A short documentary about William Powell.
(archive footage)
El tercer documental de la trilogía en el que se pueden ver interesantes tomas falsas protagonizadas por Judy Garland o Lena Horne. Anteriores estrellas musicales de la MGM como Gene Kelly presentan los números musicales.
(archive footage)
Documental que muestra cómo se realizó "Lo que el viento se llevó" desde que David O. Selznick compró los derechos de la novela.
Young Maxie (uncredited)
Cuando Nick y Jan se mudan a su nuevo apartamento en San Francisco, la loca casera de arriba les habla de una chica que solía vivir allí en los años 20: una joven fiestera descarada llamada Maxie, que murió en un accidente automovilístico la mañana antes de su gran matrimonio y de su audición para un estudio de Hollywood. El problema es que Maxie, o mejor dicho su fantasma, no ha salido de casa. Peor aún, puede apoderarse del cuerpo de Jan. Y la única forma en que se va a ir es si consigue esa audición.
(archive footage)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Herself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Archive Footage
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
Self (archive footage)
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Herself (archive footage)
Friends and co-workers recall the life of Hollywood screen star Clark Gable.
(archive footage)
Burgess Meredith narrates this insightful MGM-produced documentary about the life and career of Hollywood legend Clark Gable, from his childhood in Ohio, to his star status in Hollywood, and to his romantic life off-screen, including his marriage to Carole Lombard. The film incorporates classic film footage of Gable with interviews of people from his past, including an old classmate from his school days, a former sweetheart, and his press agent. Another treat is the rare home movie footage of Gable and Lombard on a camping trip.
Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.
(archive footage)
Este perspicaz documental presenta algunas de las actrices más importantes y bellas que adornan la pantalla grande. Muestra cómo la industria del cine cambió su descripción de la representación del sexo y las actrices del sexo desde la era del cine mudo hasta el presente. Las escenas clásicas se muestran desde la película muda, True Heart Susie, protagonizada por Lillian Gish, hasta Love Me Tonight (1932), mezcla de sexo y sofisticación, protagonizada por Jeanette MacDonald (antes de Nelson Eddy) y Elizabeth Taylor en A Place in the Sun (1951), además de mucho, mucho más.
(archive footage)
Una recopilación de los momentos más divertidos de las comedias MGM.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
archive footage
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
(archive footage)
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
Maria Tura
Las tropas de Hitler invaden Varsovia. En la ciudad, una compañía de teatro que iba a representar una obra, se ve obligada a sustituirla por Hamlet. Mientras, la esposa del actor principal empieza a flirtear con un apuesto oficial.
Self (archive footage)
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.
Ann
La única comedia norteamericana del maestro Hitchcock trata sobre las relaciones de amor-odio de un matrimonio (Carole Lombard y Robert Montgomery) que descubre que, debido a un error administrativo, no están legalmente casados.
Amy Peters
Un italiano que cultiva viñas en California, mantiene correspondencia con una camarera a la que nunca ha visto y cuya situación es bastante precaria. Cuando le propone que se case con él, en lugar de una foto suya, le manda una de su capataz, que es un hombre muy atractivo.
Anne Lee
La enfermera Anne Lee vive entregada para su trabajo. Pero una fatídica noche, se responsabiliza de un error cometido por su hermana, también enfermera, aunque inexperta, que provoca la muerte de un niño. Anne es despedida de su trabajo, pero pronto encuentra un puesto en otro hospital, donde empieza a sentirse muy atraída por un joven doctor.
Julie Eden
Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), una joven viuda que tiene una hija, trabaja como dibujante publicitaria. Un día, conoce al rico y apuesto Alec Walker (Cary Grant), que está unido a la pérfida Maida (Kay Francis) por un matrimonio de conveniencia que lo hace muy desgraciado. La felicidad de Alec depende de conseguir el divorcio y casarse con Julie.
Jane Mason
Johnny Mason, un joven abogado recién casado, trabaja para el estricto juez Doolittle, del que es imposible conseguir una subida de sueldo. Para colmo, Johnny tiene que interrumpir su luna de miel por orden de su jefe, que está furioso con él porque deseaba casarlo con su hija Eunice.
Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Kay Winters
An incognito Hollywood star (Carole Lombard) in Paris meets a penniless nobleman (Fernand Gravet) who follows her to London.
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
This was one of the annual "blooper" reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke fun at the flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Helen Bartlett
Enloquecida comedia sobre una mentirosa patológica que se acusa del asesinato de su jefe. Mientras tanto, su recto marido, que es abogado, tiene que defenderla.
Hazel Flagg
El reportero Wallace Cook propone a su periódico publicar una serie de historias sobre Hazel Flagg, una chica que asegura estar mortalmente intoxicada por exposición al radio. Aunque la chica llega a descubrir que lo que ha dicho es falso, acepta viajar a Nueva York con Cook. La situación se complica cuando ambos se enamoran y, además, un especialista alemán descubre que ella finge su enfermedad.
Maggie King
Durante un crucero a Panamá, Maggie King conoce al soldado Skid Johnson, que logra convencerla para que salga con él a celebrar su último día como militar. Debido a una reyerta en un club, Maggie pierde el barco de vuelta a los Estados Unidos y no tiene más remedio que instalarse en casa de Skid. Entre ellos surgirá algo más que una amistad. Ambos entran a formar parte de una orquesta, ella como vocalista y él como trompetista. La súbita e inesperada fama alcanzada por Skid se le sube a la cabeza y acaba olvidándose de Maggie y de sus amigos. Además, caerá en las redes de una cantante latinoamericana, Anita Alvarez, y se dará a la bebida.
Irene Bullock
Una alocada chica de la alta sociedad, su hermana y sus ricos amigos se divierten con un extravagante juego de caza que consiste en recoger todo tipo de desechos. En un lugar del East River, zona azotada por la Gran Depresión, encuentran a Godfrey, un ingenioso y mordaz vagabundo. Este curioso personaje acompaña a las hermanas a una fiesta, donde pronuncia un discurso sobre el carácter inhumano del juego. Después acepta trabajar como mayordomo en la casa familiar. En realidad, Godfrey esconde un secreto sobre su pasado.
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
Kay Colby
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Self
Compilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's The Devil Is a Woman (1935).
Regi Allen
Regi Allen trabaja como manicurista en un hotel de lujo y su sueño es casarse con un millonario para dejar de trabajar. Uno de sus clientes es un adinerado paralítico que podría responder a sus expectativas. Sin embargo, en su camino se cruza Theodore Drew III, un playboy arruinado que igualmente trata de casarse con una mujer rica que solucione sus problemas económicos.
Diana Harrison
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.
Mary Magiz
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
Alabam Lee
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Toni Carstairs Day
Jerry es un ladrón de guante blanco que se dedica al robo de joyas. Aunque está felizmente casado, su mujer quiere que abandone ese tipo de vida, pues desea tener hijos. Un día, reciben la visita de Penny, la hija de Jerry, que ha se ha criado con la familia de su difunta madre. El encanto y la simpatía de la pequeña hará que Jerry se replantee su vida y piense seriamente en formar una familia.
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) es un dramaturgo y director teatral de Broadway que goza de gran prestigio, pero que tiene un carácter insoportable. En uno de los castings conoce a una joven actriz llamada Mildred (Carole Lombard), a la que escoge como protagonista de su obra. La rebautiza con el nombre de Lily Garland, que resulta mucho más comercial y llamativo. El estreno es un éxito de crítica y público, y la actriz se convierte en una estrella de Hollywood.
Doris Worthington
Una alocada muchacha de la alta sociedad llamada Doris Worthington naufraga en su yate y va a parar a una isla del Caribe donde tendrá que aprender a convivir con un individuo de menor clase social.
Helen Hathaway
Un bailarín, Raoul, llega a primera figura de un night club con la determinación de llegar a ser el número uno y obtener el amor de la única mujer que le importa. Cuando parece que lo va a lograr, estalla la Primera Guerra Mundial y es enviado al frente...
Judith Denning
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.
Abby Fane Deane
Un joven millonario se casa con una cantante, que ejerce sobre él una influencia inesperada.
The Beautiful Lady
Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Tres americanos (March, Grant y Oakie) se ofrecen para ir como voluntarios a combatir junto a los ingleses en la Royal Air Force.
Roma Courtney
Un doctor investiga sobre hechos sobrenaturales y la ejecución de una mujer acusada de asesinato le dará ocasión de probar sus teorías. Pero se produce una inesperada desviación de su propósito cuando el espíritu de la difunta va a parar al cuerpo de una mujer inocente.
Colly Tanner
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.
Connie Randall
Caballeros de buena posición económica son reclutados por Kay Everly para que participen en una partida de póker con Jerry Stewart, un jugador profesional. La partida está estrechamente vigilada por el detective Collins, pero no consigue pruebas que le permitan arrestarlos.
Annie Holt
Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.
Mae
Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.
Doris Blake
Una modelo de Nueva York se encontrará perseguida por un pobre pero honesto mecánico y por un rico mujeriego.
Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.
Kay Dowling
Tom y Kay son dos jóvenes enamorados que se casan, pero el padre de ella no está de acuerdo con ese matrimonio y la desheredera. Cuando el padre de Kay consigue que se divorcien, ella no tarda en darse cuenta del error que ha cometido.
Anne Merrick
Un publicitario deja su trabajo para concentrarse en la novela que está escribiendo. Su esposa se ve obligada a trabajar de bailarina para aportar dinero al hogar. De repente, descubre que está embarazada...
Rachel Fendley
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
Mary Kendall
A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.
Mary Grayson
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.
Alice O'Neil
A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.
Pauline
Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the "underside" of big-city life.
Virginia Hoyt
The Arizona Kid (Warner Baxter) carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt (Carole Lombard), accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt (Theodore von Eltz), actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
Rhoda Philbrooke
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.
Margaret Banks
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.
Billie ("Phyllis")
A busload of passengers gets stranded in a snowstorm and take refuge in an abandoned church, where they run into a mysterious man who may be on the run from the law.
Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
This marriage is the second for both Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius McNitt. He is panty-whipped by his social climbing second wife. She has recruited Clifford Figfield to stage and direct a charity pageant, which is more a means for her to hobnob with the social elite, and to nab Larry Lodge, the pageant's leading man, as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis, the pageant's leading lady. Larry ends up only having eyes for Sally McNitt, Mr. McNitt's visiting daughter, and she, in turn has eyes for him.
Carole (as Carol Lombard)
Love triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems to not consider the "other" girl as an obstacle. Who will make it? And actually who cares when parties, sport games and lots of fun are available?
Blonde Rosie
Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the fault of stage managers, agents, musicians...everybody but himself. Eddie likes to tell others how good he is, but seldom shows them. Kitty Mayo, an old-time burlesque queen, who is with the McNary Vaudeville Company, advises Eddie to get himself a partner, as his solo abilities can only be stretched so far. He decides to follow her advice and, while in a theatrical supply shop, he sees Rita Carey rehearsing her dancing act that includes a trained duck. Eddie tells Rita he is a good friend of McNary's, and, with him as her partner, her future in show business will be secured. She agrees to join him and Eddie promptly names the act "Eddie Kehoe and Partner". Despite his conceit, Rita likes Eddie, as do others in the troupe, including Cleo a little gold-digger.
Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling buddies work side by side to rescue the deluge-threatened townsfolk.
Carole
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.
Peggy - Telephone Operator
Friends Billy Trotter and Homer Brown are both traveling salesmen who meet up at a hotel on their travels. Since they last saw each other, Billy has gotten married. Homer is lamenting still being single and thinks that he will never find a woman who will want to be Mrs. Brown. Billy gets one of his old girlfriends, Peggy, a telephone operator, reluctantly to set Homer up with one of her friends. She chooses Jennie, a homebody of a woman who generally spends her evenings playing checkers with her father. Billy and Peggy accompany Homer and Jennie on their date, acting as their chaperons. Billy is able to maneuver Homer and Jennie into getting married that evening. Back at the hotel, a combination of changed hotel rooms, Jennie's angry father, Billy's jealous wife, and a confused hotel detective leads to misunderstandings and complications for all concerned.
Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
The Girl from Nowhere is a comedy short
Millie Claudert
Lillia is a small town girl who gets involved with the wrong crowd in Paris. Arrested by police prefect Nigel De Brulier, Lillia agrees to seduce a politically important foreign prince Ernest Hilliard in exchange for her freedom.
Mabel - the Wife's Sister
The Bicycle Flirt is a silent comedy short
Trudy - the Swim Star
The Swim Princess is a silent comedy short.
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
A bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually does show up, he causes a few problems since he ran through some tar just before entering the church. The groom doesn't seem to mind too much, just as long as the best man brought the ring, which he did. But as the wedding proceeds, that sticky tar just can't help but get the best man into one disastrous incident after another, including with the ring. That havoc, which leads into the reception, the wedding night and the honeymoon send off, may end the marriage even before it begins... or at least the couple's friendship with their best man.
Clarence's Wife
19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Rope Jumping Bathing Girl (uncredited)
In and out of the water, Billy makes waves at the Blue Point Beach Club.
Norma Nurmi
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
Joe Merril, hijo del millonario propietario de una popular cadena de tiendas, se hace pasar por Joe Grant para trabajar en el almacén de una de las tiendas de su padre y así demostrar que puede triunfar sin la influencia de éste. En el almacén conoce a Maggie Johnson, y los dos se enamoran. Pero esto supone un problema, porque la señora Merril ha planeado que su hijo se case con Millicent Rogers, una chica de la alta sociedad...
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Gold Digger of Weepah is a silent comedy short
Lillian Saunders
The Smith's visit San Francisco to attend a horse show only to have their precocious daughter cause some minor comical mishaps and their over-sized canine refusing to obey commands.
(unconfirmed)
The exploits of Brigadier Gerard who helps expose Foreign Minister Talleyrand as a traitor to Napoleon.
Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
May McAvoy is a woman who is blinded in an auto accident and relies on prayer to regain her sight.
Slave Girl (uncredited)
En los años del Imperio Romano del reinado de Augusto y su sucesor Tiberio, Judá Ben-Hur, hijo de una familia noble de Jerusalén, y Mesala, tribuno romano que dirige los ejércitos de ocupación, se han convertido en enemigos irreconciliables. Acusado de atentar contra la vida del nuevo gobernador romano, Mesala le encarcela junto a su familia. Cuando se llevan a Ben-Hur a galeras, un joven llamado Jesús de Nazaret se apiada de él y le da de beber.
Co-ed (uncredited)
Hugh Carver es una estrella del deporte que acaba de llegar a la Universidad de Prescott. Allí se enamora de Cynthia Day, una chica muy popular entre los estudiantes, a la que le encanta ir a fiestas y la vida nocturna. Hugh es consciente de que no puede satisfacer los deseos de diversión de su chica y a la vez dedicarse a los estudios y a su entrenamiento deportivo. Ambos tendrán que enfrentarse a difíciles decisiones...
Ellen Boyd
A remake of a 1917 Dustin Farnum Western, Durand of the Bad Lands is the story a rancher falsely accused of a crime actually committed by Sheriff Clem Allison and his henchman Pete Garson.
Showgirl (uncredited)
Maggie es la primera actriz cómica del Follies, que anhela el tipo de relaciones románticas de sus más agraciadas compañeras de trabajo. Maggie, a resultas de caer en el tambor del batería de la orquesta, Al Cassidy, se enamora de éste. Se casan y tienen un hijo. Pero Selma Larson, una de las más guapas estrellas del Follies, se entrometerá en el matrimonio con el único fin de perjudicar a Maggie, ya que está celosa de ella por el éxito cómico de sus números...
Sybil Estabrook
Oscar has been sent to the plains to make a man of himself, is soon visited by his sister Sybil Estabrook, who travels west along with her maid in tow. Oscar, who has been losing at cards to Victor Dufresne, is forced by him to rob a stagecoach in order to pay off his gambling debts.
Dan Prentiss is a special undercover agent hired by a mining company to look into a series of gold-shipment robberies.
Celia Hathaway
A gang of crooks led by Holden steals a government code, and Cyril Gordon, a Secret Service agent who bears a strong resemblance to the gang leader, is assigned to recover the stolen documents.
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
In eighteenth century England, gentleman highwayman Dick Turpin overcomes many difficulties to rescue his sweetheart from a terrible marriage.
Bit (uncredited)
A man tries to woo a woman, rescue an orphanage, and bet on the right horse.
Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
Wally Griggs is your classic meek, mild bank messenger, destined to a threadbare life of earning 63 dollars a month. At least this is what he seems to be. But when he's not working Griggs is the dashing James Brown, an adventurer and storyteller who is familiar with bank president Halliday. A publisher, fascinated by Brown's wild tales, offers him a deal. Griggs also uses his alter ego to help Mary Oliver, the girl her loves.
