Self (archive footage)
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Self (archive footage)
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
(archive footage)
Segunda parte de "Érase una vez en Hollywood". A diferencia del primer documental, sólo hay dos narradores: Gene Kelly y Fred Astaire. Incluye escenas de comedias y dramas en los que intervienen los hermanos Marx, Laurel y Hardy o Katharine Hepburn.
(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.
Captain Holt
Joel Shore, que pertenece a una familia de larga tradición marinera, se hace cargo de un barco ballenero, sustituyendo a su hermano Mark, que desapareció en el último viaje en sospechosas y turbias circunstancias. Antes de embarcar, se casa con Priscilla y la lleva consigo. Durante el viaje, sondea a la tripulación para averiguar qué le sucedió a su hermano, pero no consigue aclarar si la causa de su extraño comportamiento eran las fiebres que padecía o el alcoholismo. Tras una accidentada jornada de pesca, llegan a una isla en la que, inesperadamente, aparece Mark, que explica su versión de los hechos. La existencia de un tesoro de perlas en una remota isla y la rivalidad a causa de Priscilla hará que los hermanos se enfrenten.
The Cardinal
En un imaginario país, la víspera de su coronación, el rey es secuestrado por su ambicioso hermano, que desea arrebatarle el trono. Los hombres de confianza del monarca intentan ganar tiempo y convencen a un turista para que suplante temporalmente al rey. El parecido entre ambos es tan extraordinario que nadie nota la diferencia. A continuación, se prepara una expedición para rescatar al verdadero rey, que ha sido encerrado en el Castillo de Zenda. El turista, que participa heroicamente en la lucha, conseguirá el amor de una dama de la que se había enamorado.
Georges de Valmorin
Un culto y cínico aristócrata quiere vengar el asesinato de su hermano en la Francia del siglo XVIII. Para ello se disfraza de actor.
William J. Wardlaw
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Judge Samuel Coulter
An heir of a vast fortune is deeply in debt because he spends faster than his very generous trust fund allows. There is a battle of wills between his selfish spendthrift was and the money manager which is is forced/tricked into appointing.
Church sexton
Esta pelicula dividida en ocho episodios trata sobre diferentes facetas del espíritu americano, desde la tolerancia racial y religiosa hasta los peligros del pensamiento egoísta.
Judge James V. Hulbrook
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Commissioner Arnold P. Hapgood
Una joven reportera culpa de la racha perdedora de los Piratas de Pittsburgh al entrenador. Mientras ella intenta aprender más sobre él para su columna, él comienza a escuchar la voz de un ángel prometiéndole ayuda para el equipo si va a enmendar sus caminos. Mientras lo hace, una niña huérfana que es fanática de los Piratas y ha estado orando por el equipo comienza a notar ángeles en el campo de juego. Efectivamente, los Piratas comienzan a ganar, y McGovern intenta cambiar su vida. ¿Pero puede mantener la calma lo suficiente como para que los Piratas ganen el banderín de la Liga Nacional?
Josh
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Dr. Horace Snyder
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
Un veterano de guerra civil llamado Josiah Grey (Joel McCrea) llega a una pequeña ciudad del sur de los Estados Unidos para ejercer su ministerio como pastor religioso. Grey tiene una familia y muchos amigos, pero pronto encuentra la fricción con algunos de sus feligreses. En seguida se crea una disputa entre su ministerio y el del joven doctor del lugar, que busca el tratamiento científico para curar a sus pacientes. La aparición del Ku-Klux Klan y una epidemia de fiebres tifoideas soliviantarán los ánimos de la población... (FILMAFFINITY)
Judge Silas Standish
Durante una convención de alcaldes de ciudades norteamericanas celebrada en San Francisco, dos de estos mandatarios acaban enamorados, con un pequeño problema: mientras que Clarissa gobierna en una pequeña localidad de Maine, Steve es el alcalde de otra comunidad al norte de California. Así que, cuando acaba el congreso, ambos parten para sus respectivos lugares...
Ben Gavery Snelerr
Melodrama sobre la adicción al juego en el cual, el propietario de un casino con problemas de conciencia intenta arreglar las cosas con su mujer e hijo. Cuando éste último comienza a tener malas compañías y entra en prisión, su padre le hace recapacitar para que no pierda la vida como él en negocios sucios y deudas de juego.
Arthur Norton
Melodrama en el que una madre viuda, cantante de ópera, pierde a su hijo, atropellado por un camión mientras intentaba salvar a Lassie. Tiempo después, gracias a Lassie, encontrará a un huérfano desvalido... (FILMAFFINITY)
Sam Thorndyke
Un industrial inicia su carrera política en el partido republicano como candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos, pero su tarea requerirá compromisos incómodos tanto en el terreno político como matrimonial.
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy vuelve a casa después de haber luchado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Su novia no ha querido esperarle y ya está con otro chico por lo que, descorazonado, elige irse a América Latina en busca de otra chica.
Judge James Trumbell
Una huerfanita conquista el corazón de tres ancianos gruñones.
Father Nolan
Después de servir en el ejército durante la I Guerra Mundial, el reportero Terry O'Neill vuelve a casa. Descubre que es más difícil encontrar empleo de lo que había pensado.
Judge Hardy
En esta ocasión, Andy ha de lidiar con dos hermosas gemelas.
Himself - Commentator
This film features highlights of MGM's productions from 1924 through 1943, in honor of the studio's twentieth anniversary.
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
Commentator
Plan for Destruction is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor, General Karl Haushofer, who is portrayed as the head of a huge organization for gathering information of strategic value and the mastermind behind Adolf Hitler's wars and plans to enslave the world. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
Judge Hardy
La vida de Andy es perfecta: tiene dinero, la familia está bien, ha renunciado a las chicas e irá a la Universidad en unos días. Antes de marcharse, vende su coche a sus amigos, su hermana le pide que interceda en la sentencia de su novio por conducir ebrio, conocerá a Sheila y se comprometerá con dos chicas al mismo tiempo.
Judge Hardy
Ante el divorcio de sus padres, una adolescente decide irse a vivir con su padre.
Col. Jack Lawton
An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
Himself
Lewis Stone urges moviegoers to appreciate those in the US armed forces who will be spending the holidays overseas, away from their families. On behalf of everyone in motion pictures, he wishes them "a very happy, and a free, holiday."
Judge Hardy
Una vez graduado en el instituto, Andy Hardy decide que ya es un adulto y ha de decidir qué hacer con su vida. El juez Hardy confiaba en que fuera a la Facultad de Derecho, pero Andy no se decide y va a Nueva York para encontrar trabajo. Demasiado orgulloso para aceptar la ayuda de Betsy Booth, no tarda en descubrir que vivir solo no es tan fácil. Por fin, encuentra empleo, y hasta concierta una cita con la bella recepcionista de la oficina. También ha de afrontar varias lecciones de la cida, hasta llegar a la conclusión de que tal vez sea menos adulto de lo que creía.
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy está a punto de graduarse en el instituto, y se cree un tipo muy importante, de modo que contrata a una secretaria. Ésta y su novia le ayudarán a superar el examen de inglés.
Davis Lockwood
Un joven que intenta reconstruir las caballerizas de la familia se enamora de la hija de un duro rival.
Judge Hardy
El juez Andy Hardy se muda con su familia a Nueva York. Allí, su hijo Andrés se enamora de una chica de la alta sociedad. Éste intenta por todos los medios acercarse a ella, sin tener en cuenta que Betsy tiene la clave del asunto en sus manos.
Self
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
Himself / Narrator
Promotional short produced for the opening of the Metro Cinema in Cairo in 1940.
Judge Hardy
Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for the $200 and they go used car shopping.
Judge Hardy
El juez Hardy intenta localizar a un pariente de una pareja de edad avanzada, con el fin de impedir que pierdan su hogar. Para ello, recaba la ayuda de su hijo Andy.
The President
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy se enamora de su profesora de teatro. Cuando eligen su obra para ser interpretada en el instituto, aprovecha la oportunidad para estar el máximo de tiempo posible con ella. Entretanto, el juez Hardy tiene problemas cuando se ve obligado a formar una compañía de aluminio falsa.
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.
Judge Hardy
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).
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Una patinadora sobre hielo pone en peligro su matrimonio cuando se convierte en una estrella de cine. Primera aparición en color de Joan Crawford.
Judge James K. Hardy
Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers.
Judge Hardy
Cuando el juez Hardy recibe la carta de una vieja amiga, en la que le explica que puede perder su rancho de Arizona por culpa de un vecino, decide ir en persona a solucionar el problema, acompañado de su familia.
Delford Prescott
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Judge Hardy
Un muchacho de una pequeña ciudad se enreda con tres chicas a la vez.
Maj. Walter Reed
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
Joseph Langauer
Two attractive jewel thieves, one female (Olympe Bradna), one male (Gene Raymond) escape together after their latest escapade and hide out in the home of an aged concert pianist (Lewis Stone). To cover their tracks and keep the old man from turning them in, the thieves pretend to arrange his comeback concert. The artifice becomes reality, the pianist makes a triumphant return, and the thieves reform. This 1938 film is not a remake of 1932's Stolen Heaven, which wove an entirely different story about a suicide pact.
Judge Hardy
El juez Hardy va en viaje de negocios a Washington, donde Andy no tarda en enamorarse de la hija del embajador francés.
Self (uncredited)
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.
Jackson Douglas
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Judge Hardy
De vacaciones con su familia en la isla Catalina, Andy Hardy se enamora de una sofisticada belleza. El juez Hardy advierte a su hijo que ella es demasiado lista para él.
Lawrence Fontaine
An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.
Inspector Marney
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Anthony Abbott
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.
John Webster
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Baron
Una cabaretera americana llamada Luzy se marcha a Londres en 1914, donde se enamora de un inventor irlandés llamado Terry, quien trabaja para una empresa de ingenieria alemana. Tras casarse con él, Terry es asesinado por lo que Suzy huye a Paris donde intentará rehacer su vida. En su reparto destaca la presencia de Franchot Tone (1905-1968), un secundario con clase de actor principal, que rodó multitud de títulos durante los años 30 y 40, pasando después a ese cementerio de estrellas que es la televisión. La romántica balada del filme, "Did I Remember", con música de Walter Donaldson y letras de Harold Adamson, fue candidata a un premio de la Academia."
General Lawrence
Una mujer ha sido testigo de un asesinato, pero no puede implicar al criminal sin revelar el pasado tormentoso de su propio marido.
Dr. Dakin
Kay, una humilde muchacha provinciana, conoce una noche a Bob Dakin, un joven millonario que ha bebido más de la cuenta y que, en ese estado, le propone matrimonio. A la mañana siguiente, una vez sobrio, se da cuenta del error que ha cometido e intenta salir del atolladero, pero no será tan fácil.
James 'Doc' Underwood
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men.
Richard Melville
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
Tom Davids
Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) es el capitán de un barco experto en cruzar los mares de China. Es un hombre experimentado, fuerte y aguerrido, al parecer de vuelta de todo. En cierta ocasión, el barco debe transportar un importante cargamento de oro desde Hong Kong hasta Singapur. Gaskell teme algo más peligroso que un tifón; el ataque, frecuente en la zona, de los piratas para hacerse con el botín.
District Attorney
Ann Grey, condenada por un asesinato que no cometió, escapa cuando un accidente de tráfico le concede la oportunidad. Recibe la ayuda de un joven abogado, que la esconde de la policía con la ayuda de su mayordomo. A la chica también la buscan los mafiosos que cometieron el crimen, pues creen que conoce el paradero de 250.000 dólares en bonos. Cuando los gangsters la secuestran, el abogado pide la ayuda del fiscal del distrito y de la policía.
Prison Warden
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Gen. Carter
Un sargento del ejército anima a su hijo en convertirse en aviador de la escuela de West Point.
Adam Paris
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Mr. Wickfield
Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Cuando el padre del joven David muere, su madre se vuelve a casar. Su padrastro es un hombre cruel que, después de enviudar, manda a David a Londres para que viva de su trabajo. Adaptación de la famosa novela de Charles Dickens. Obtuvo tres nominaciones a los Oscar, incluyendo la de mejor película.
Captain Smollett
Jim Hawkins es un joven inglés que trabaja en la posada de sus padres. Un día llega al establecimiento un viejo bucanero llamado Billy Bones, que trae consigo un cofre con el mapa de “La isla del Tesoro”, que revela el paradero de las formidables riquezas acumuladas por el Capitán Flint. Los piratas de la tripulación de Flint, entre ellos Perro Negro, están buscando el mapa. Pero antes de conseguirlo, el joven Jim, aprovechando que Billy Bones muere, roba el cofre y escapa. Jim pide ayuda al doctor Livesey y al squire Trelawney, y deciden ir a la isla a por el tesoro. Tras adquirir la fragata “La Hispaniola”, la equipa con todo lo necesario y contrata a una tripulación. Entre ellos está Long John Silver, que embarca como cocinero, pero que en realidad es un capitán pirata que, tras ganarse la confianza del squire, consigue que un grupo de marineros a sus órdenes componga la tripulación.
Frank Cousins
Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
Connor
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
John Burton
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
Oxenstierna
Suecia, siglo XVII. Durante la guerra de los Treinta Años (1618-1648) muere, en la batalla de Lutzen, el rey Gustavo Adolfo de Suecia. Hereda el trono su hija Cristina, que desde la infancia se entrega en cuerpo y alma a los problemas de estado, lo que la lleva a renunciar al matrimonio con el principe Carlos Gustavo, héroe nacional y el pretendiente preferido por todos. Sin embargo, Cristina se enamora profundamente de Don Antonio, Conde de Pimentel y embajador del rey de España en Suecia.
Police Captain Webb
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work...
Gabriel Service Sr.
Un empleado de unos grandes almacenes es despedido, perro encuentra un nuevo empleo en una panadería. La mujer del propietario no soporta la falta de dinero, de modo que se fuga con otro hombre. Al final, los grandes almacenes se salvan de la quiebra y una nueva alianza se forja entre los dos hombres.
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
Se trata de una romántica y trágica historia muy al gusto de Hollywood, dirigida con su eficacia habitual por Victor Fleming. En ella, una aristócrata italiana (Helen Hayes) rechaza casarse con el hombre impuesto por su padre y escapa con su amante, un atractivo teniente. Cuando recibe la noticia de que el militar ha muerto durante una acción bélica de la Primera Guerra Mundial, queda moralmente destrozada y decide ingresar en un convento. Habiendo tomado ya los votos y consagrado su vida a Dios, descubre que el hombre que amaba no había muerto en la contienda. El dilema está servido.
Edward Seward
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Dr. Dong Tong
Curiosa película que se centra en las relaciones entre una tradicional familia china que vive en el Chinatown de San Francisco en 1911. Sus vidas se van a ver condicionadas por lo que está sucediendo en China, donde el nuevo emperador ha instaurado unas leyes muy restrictivas en cuanto al casamiento de las jóvenes se refiere. Ellas no pueden escoger al hombre que aman, sino casarse con los nobles de la comarca.
Nyland Smith
La tumba de Gengis-Kan es descubierta en el desierto de Gobi, lo cual suscita el interés de todos los arquéologos del globo. También acapara la atención de Fu Manchú, quien estima que poseyendo la máscara y la espada del mítico guerrero se granjeará la unión de los pueblos de Oriente y de esa manera conquistará el mundo. El descubridor de la tumba es secuestrado por los dakoits del maligno doctor en un museo, y la hija de aquél, el prometido de ésta y Sir Nayland Smith se harán cargo del tesoro de Gengis-Kan. El futuro yerno del arqueólogo se presenta ante Fu Manchú con una imitación de las reliquias, con el fin de liberar al secuestrado, pero la falsificación es descubierta y el joven caerá también en garras del maligno oriental.
John Parker
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Jean Parker and Louise Beavers.
Henry Trask
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
Lil trabaja para la empresa Legendre y hace que Bill se divorcie de Irene y se case con ella. Tiene un romance con el empresario Gaerste y lo utiliza para obligar a la sociedad a prestarle atención.
Mr. Thomas
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.
Judge William Osgood
Un juez y su amante son investigados bajo sospechas de corrupción.
Doctor Otternschlag
Las diferentes historias de los huéspedes de un elegante hotel es el argumento de este film de brillante reparto. Obtuvo tan sólo un Oscar, pero fue el de mejor película.
District Attorney Haney
El mundano y rico Letty Lynton vuelve a Nueva York, después de abandonar a su amante Emile Renaul en Sudamérica, cuando ella tiene un romance con Jerry Darrow. Lynton la espera en Nueva York, pero ella lo envenena. Cuando los detectives la arrestan, Jerry prepara una coartada.
Roger Chilcote
Los males del alcohol antes y durante la prohibición se hacen evidentes cuando vemos sus efectos en la familia Chilcote.
Judge Dempsey
Un cantante mujeriego se enamora de una sureña anticuada. El problema es que ella ya está comprometida.
Andriani
Año 1917. Mata Hari es una seductora bailarina que vive en París y que ejerce de espía para los alemanes.
Carlo Boretti
La joven Madelon Claudet es una prostituta que ha de pasar diez años en la cárcel por un delito que no ha cometido. (FILMAFFINITY)
Inspector Costaud
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
Maitland White
A father changes jobs with his son, and each learns he has made a mistake.
John Graham
Una rica heredera, arruinada y abandonada por su amante, se alía con un estafador para engañar a un millonario en su villa italiana. Pero el hombre ya ha sido alertado por Scotland Yard...
John Thornley
A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
El contrabandista y propietario de un club nocturno, Johnny Franks, recluta a un joven hombre llamado Louis Scorpio para unirse a su banda, que está liderada por el deshonesto abogado Richard Newton. Scorpio finalmente se hace cargo de la administración de Franks, vence a una banda rival, se vuelve rico y domina la ciudad por varios años, hasta que un grupo secreto de seis empresarios enmascarados lo procesan y lo envían a la silla eléctrica con la ayuda de su rival, el periodista Carl Luckner y Hank Rogers. La camarera Anne Courtland se debate entre su amor por el honesto periodista Rogers y su dependencia financiera de su generoso jefe, Scorpio.
William Emory
Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.
Raymond Delval
Yvonne es una bella modelo que adora frecuentar los ambientes de la vida bohemia parisina, pues le encanta codearse con los artistas. Antes no se había avergonzado nunca de su pasado, pero ahora intentará borrarlo por amor.
Antonio Morado
Una mujer de la alta sociedad genera un escándalo cuando se enamora de su chofer.
Larry Fellowes
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
Cuando Harry se enamora de una actriz, le confiesa su intención de casarse con ella a su abuelo, el obispo Tom Armstrong, pero éste trata de disuadirlo contándole su propia experiencia: cuando era estudiante, conoció en una fiesta a Rita Cavallini, una célebre cantante de ópera, y tuvo un romance con ella, convencido de que por él abandonaría su frívola y escandalosa vida. Pero Rita era la amante de un hombre muy poderoso y no parecía dispuesta a dejarlo.
Warden James Adams
Kent Marlowe, bajo la influencia del alcohol, atropella y mata accidentalmente a dos personas. Recibe cargos criminales y termina en una prisión cumpliendo 10 años al lado de criminales de diverso pasado; Butch Smith es un avezado criminal, con varias reincidencias, y es quien manda en el bloque de celdas. John Morgan (un individuo agradable que comparte la celda con Kent) es un falsificador que aparentemente se ha regenerado y desea rehacer su vida. Pero no es lo que otros desean para Morgan. Kent es forzado a plantar una navaja entre las pertenencias de John y éste pierde la posibilidad de salir de prisión bajo palabra. Desesperado, John huye de prisión... (FILMAFFINITY)
Clive Champion-Cheney
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays polo. After 23 years of marriage her father decides to divorce Lally's mother and remarry to soon-to-be-divorced Beth Cheever. This sours Lally on all men. While on vacation with her mother she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealing her heart. Then Lally discovers that Jack is the son of Beth Cheever, the woman who is to marry her father.
Louis Floriot
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Stephen Trombolt
Un pianista alemán va a romper con su esposa infiel, cuando recibe el mensaje de que su hijastro favorito ha muerto.
Edward West
A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama stars Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman and H. B. Warner.
John Sterling
A prince in Java tries to seduce his visitor's wife, but he's discovered.
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
Tras haber sufrido un desengaño amoroso, Diana (Greta Garbo) se abandona a la mala vida y busca la felicidad en brazos de otros hombres. Finalmente, se casa con uno que resulta ser un delincuente.
Daniel Steele
When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.
Count Pahlen
El zar Pablo I de Rusia sólo confía en el conde Pahlen; éste le defiende, pero los actos terroríficos ejecutados por el zar le hacen pensar la posibilidad de apartarlo del trono. Stefan, un guardia humillado por el zar se une a la conspiración. (FILMAFFINITY)
Col. Destin
A man falsely accused of crime joins Foreign Legion, and when trouble develops is saved by the self sacrifice of the commanding officer, his own father.
Menelaus
Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously. Maria Corda, wife of the director, plays the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. Meanwhile, poor King Menelaus (Lewis Stone), Helen's husband, stands by in stoic silence, just as he's done on previous occasions when his wife succumbed to the charms of various sexy suitors (one of whom is played by future cowboy star "Wild Bill" Elliot). Finally galvanized into action, Menelaus reclaims his bride, who seems none the worse for wear for her experiences.
Pierre
Pierre, the maitre d' at the swanky Ritz Hotel in Paris, discovers that he has a son from his former marriage, which was broken up by his wealthy wife's upper-class relatives. His son, now a young man and unaware that Pierre is is father, is in danger of becoming the victim of blackmailer Mae Morin. Pierre sets out to save him from the notorious Mae.
John Fosdick
Released on July 3, 1927
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
A man kills a man he finds alone with his wife. Although she is innocent of any wrong doing the wife claims to be guilty of having an affair to save her husband from a death sentence. Unfortunately, the husband also believes her guilt and so he runs off to Africa to forget and assumes a new identity.
Hammersley
Young husband Jerry, a clerk, loses his job, and in order to bring money into the house, his wife Tamara goes back to her old job as a dancer in the Follies. The husband doesn't like the idea at all, and they wind up separating. One night the clerk and his friend, an inventor, are dining at a restaurant, and the inventor is lamenting that he has a great invention but can't get in to see a millionaire named Hammersley in order get get financial backing. They don't know that Hammersley happens to be sitting at the next table. The three strike up a conversation and become friends. However, there's another thing Jerry also doesn't know--Hammersley is in love with Tamara and, in fact, she is going to his house that night to see him.
Sebastian Maure
Playboy novelist Sebastian Maure falls for Ghiirlaine Bellamy, a product of a wealthy--and puritanical--society family, a girl so prim and proper that she's known as "The Blonde Saint". One night at a dinner party, she informs Maure that she is engaged to young VIncent Pamfort and is leaving for England the next day to marry him. Maure tricks her into meeting him onboard a boat going to Palermo, and before they get there she suddenly grabs her and jumps overboard. They wind up in a fishing village on a small island and before long find themselves caught up in a cholera epidemic and a local criminal gang.
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
During World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called back into service and leaves for the battlefield. Not long afterwards she discovers evidence that her new husband has been cheating on her.
Johann Aradi
A concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.
Gervas Carew
Gervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde Geraldine, a cad of the first order, but Elinor, in turn is cast off when Lord Geraldine turns his attention to an Irish lass, Marny. Marny has no idea of Geraldine's past nor his brutal nature.
Jerome Hautrive
A Parisian cabaret dancer Emilia finds herself under the scrutiny of aristocratic British military officer Jerome Hautrix, who catches her act while on furlough during WWI. Convinced that Emilia is of noble birth, Hautrix tracks her down after the war, determined to trace her family tree. In the process, the two mismatched souls fall in love.
Robert Broadley
Millionaire Robert Broadley, in order to curb his wive's enthusiasm for spending money foolishly, inform her that he is now broke and penniless, which might have been a good plan if a friend of his, with some crooked ways, hadn't gotten involved.
Joseph Greer
Joseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a prim-and-proper secretary, Jenny McFarlan, who takes dictation during working hours and, at night, minus her eyeglasses, serves as his nightclub companion and mistress. Then his daughter,Beatrice, whom he has never seen, shows up and moves in with him. Beatrice is a grown-up flapper who loves jazz, pool parties, flaunting prohibition and carrying-on in general. Most of her carrying-on is with the family chauffeur and her father does not approve, says so, and fires the chauffeur. His parental-guidance technique backfires as Beatrice ups and elopes with the chauffeur. Later, the father has some problems with his business associates and loses his business and most of his fixtures and disappears. But Beatrice locates him and there is a happy reunion between father and daughter, especially since daughter has brought along Jenny to cheer him up.
Earl of Denham
The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
Horace Pierpont
During a carnival in Venice, Horace Pierpont, a wealthy American (Lewis Stone), falls in love with Fay Kennion (Virginia Valli). Their romance is derailed when she goes over to his apartment and finds the vampy Fifi (Nita Naldi) there. Fay goes down to Algiers, where she marries a former sweetheart, Dr. Alan Mortimer (Edward Earle).
Harry Lennox
Kate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the hen-pecked Henry Fells and his wife, Maud, have several boarders, among them Barbara Farley, who is Lennox's stenographer, and Lonnie Whinston, who is in love with Lennox's little sister, Ruth. Kate claims that women need more independence and less duty, and flirts with Ned Hollister, a car salesman.
The King
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora. Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
Jim Knight
Dick Tyler is the junior partner in the law firm of Knight and Tyler. He tries to convince his partner, Jim Tyler, than it's cheaper to be married than to continually "play the field". The main reason he's doing that is because Jim is obsessed with the beautiful Evelyn, a gold-digger on whom Jim is spending prodigious amounts of money. Things take a turn for the worse when his spending on her gets to the point where it's placing the firm dangerously close to bankruptcy. Something has to be done.
Sir John Roxton
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), además de Sherlock Holmes, creó otro héroe de ficción, el profesor George Edward Challenger, cuya aventura más conocida es la de "El mundo perdido", obra publicada en 1912. Harry O. Hoyt y Willis O'Brien efectuaron una temprana adaptación al cine con gran éxito de taquilla apoyado por un temprano merchandising: rompecabezas, muñecos, libros e incluso una canción compuesta por Rudolf Friml.
Stewart Cuyler
Inez Laranotta is an actress who is notorious for her vamp roles and for the wild parties she attends. But images are deceiving -- the parties (and police raids) are staged by Inez's press agent, and she is actually very devoted to her innocent younger sister, Fay Bartholdi.
James Livingston
James y Grace son un matrimonio que vive abocado en la rutina. Ella está harta de que su marido solo la quiera para desempeñar tareas del hogar y que no se interese por el cambio de look que se ha hecho solo para resultarle más atractiva. En cambio, el mejor amigo de James empezará a flirtear con ella.
Lee Randon
Lee Randon, weary of business duties and a conventional home life, acquires a long-lost sense of excitement and romance with young flapper Claire Morris. When he meets her married aunt, Savina Grove, she appears to be the woman he imagines whenever he gazes at a doll he has christened Cytherea, goddess of love -----Cytherea features two dream sequences filmed in an early version of the Technicolor color film process.
John Emerson
El matrimonio de John e Irene Emerson parece comenzar con buen pie, pero John no tarda mucho en mostrarse gradualmente menos afectuoso. Irene se siente desatendida y pasa cada vez más tiempo con sus amigas; John, a su vez, se convierte en presa fácil del engatusamiento y las artimañas de su secretaria, Jean Ralston. Después de asistir a un espectáculo, John llega a casa impregnado del perfume de Jean, e Irene le pide el divorcio. (FILMAFFINITY)
Keith Darrant
"The Stranger," an outcast who works in a saloon frequented by Peggy Bowlin, a poor girl suffering through hard times. She finds romance with Larry Darrant and her life begins to improve. They make plans to wed and leave England, but when a convict assaults Peggy, Larry gets involved and accidentally kills him. The Stranger is arrested for the murder, but he refuses to declare his innocence because he doesn't want to destroy Peggy's happiness.
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.
Garth McBride
Edith sets out to prove that a wife can never be fooled by her husband - but will she succeed?
John Emerson
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is stung by her rebuffs and, therefore, succumbs to the youthful charms of Gloria Sanderson, whom he meets on a business trip. But just after he mails a letter to Mary telling her that he will not return, John finds Gloria in the arms of her fiancé.
John Elliott
Corinne d'Alys (Daniels) achieves sudden success on the stage and among her many admirers is noted artist Robert Townsend (Menjou). Robert is married to Elsa (Williams), the sister of John Elliott (Stone), the producer responsible for Corinne's rise to fame. The young woman's head is turned by the praise she receives and, despite John's warning against Robert, she permits the latter to paint her portrait and pay her a good deal of attention. John himself loves Corinne and believes that wisdom will come to her with time.
The Marquis Ferroni
Leon de Severac is fed up with his daughter Jacqueline, who is constantly seducing men. Hoping to discourage her from her flirtatious behavior, he tells her the story of Zareda, an attractive fortune teller who is having an affair with Ivan de Maupin.
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
La acción transcurre en el imaginario estado centroeuropeo de Ruritania. Un turista inglés, Rodolfo Rassendyll, acude para pescar en la vigília de la coronación real. Pero el aspirante a rey ha sido secuestrado por su medio hermano, Guillermo, que quiere acceder al trono. Como Rodolfo es físicamente un sosias del rey, es coronado en su lugar. Además se enamora de la princesa Flavia, que es la prometida del rey.
John Schuyler
A respectable businessman leaves his wife and daughter for the clutches of a cold, heartbreaking female.
Father Brian Kelly
After his uncle dies, founder of the fishing village of Sandy Bay, Kenwood Wright is cut off with only some marshland while his nephew, Bruce Wilton, inherits the bulk of the estate. Wright is further enraged by the engagement of Vera Mather, whom he loves, to Bruce. Wright joins forces with Donald MacTavish, a pirate captain, and wins the affections of Bruce's sister, Alice, who becomes his victim. Vera, in an attempt to save Alice, becomes involved in the scandal, and Bruce takes back the rosary he has given her to pledge his love.
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
Sergeant Blake of the Northwest Mounted Police is sent to the border to break up a ring of smugglers who are bringing illegal Chinese immigrants into Canada. The ring is led by Ah Ming, a "half-breed" who goes by the name of Dr. Lawler. When Blake encounters Lawler, he is experimenting on a white mouse.
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
The son of a British earl, Philip Champion is exiled to Paris after having served a prison term to shield his wife and there forms an alliance with his brother-in-law, Marcel, who conducts a fashionable gambling establishment as the head of a band of criminals. Marcel is arrested and sent to prison, and Champion escapes. Ambrose, a hunchbacked street musician, escapes with Christine, Champion's daughter, and frames Champion for robbery.
Edward Berkeley
Un marido cree haber matado al vil seductor de su joven mujer, quien le confiesa haber tenido con él un hijo ilegítimo. De hecho no solo hay un error en la persona, sino que resulta que el padre del niño es el propio marido: durante la guerra había violado a su futura mujer en Bélgica
Langdon Masters
The wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself attracted to a young newspaper reporter. ...
Sergeant Philip Raine
Sgt. Philip Raine of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police is sent to the mountains to capture killer Bram Johnson.
Jan Ducet
Short starring Lewis Stone and Wallace Beery.
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
Lawrence Revel, celebrated in society circles for his success with women, is devoted to his son Dick and objects to his marrying Nellie, a cabaret dancer. To prove her unworthiness, Beau asks his son not to see her for 2 weeks. Unwittingly, Beau falls in love with the girl, but his attentions are refused.
Augustus Martinot
A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement.
Capt. Gordon Haine
During the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young widow, is among those "held by the enemy" when her old family home is within the lines occupied by the Northern troops. Protected by Colonel Prescott from looters and the unwelcome attentions of Surgeon Fielding, Rachel begins to fall in love with the gallant Yankee officer. Their romance is disrupted when Rachel's husband Gordon, long reported dead, is captured as a spy and condemned to death.
Cpl. O'Connor
A Canadian Mountie allows an innocent fugitive to escape with the women he loves.
John Rhead
1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.
Himself
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse into the Thomas H. Ince studios at Culver City.
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
In the gold fields of the Canadian Northwest, a man is falsely accused of a crime and determines that a lookalike is responsible.
Tom Denton
Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.
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Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.
John Adams
Mary Lawton bids farewell to her father, Mark Lawton, and his business partner, John Adams, to whom she is engaged, leaving Arizona to study art in New York. After a time, John visits Mary unexpectedly and discovers to his sorrow that she has forgotten him in the convivial whirl of her new life.
Captain Cavendish
A spy known as "1932" during World War I, is commissioned by the German Secret Service to trail English agent Captain Woodhouse to the Straits of Gibraltar and there effect the destruction of the British fleet. Before his departure, 1932 helps Jane Gerson, an American girl falsely accused of espionage, and later falls in love with her.
Basil Beckenridge
Basil Breckenridge, a broken old man on the verge of starvation, but concealing it because of his proud southern ancestry, is set upon by young ruffians on the street. The old man becomes infuriated and gives the young leader a shaking. His father, Ald. Connors, the city's political boss, happens along and attacks the old man, who strikes at him with his cane. The sword blade inside falls out and the police arrest him on the charge of assault with intent to kill.
Richard Craig
Richard Craig and Paul Hessert, who work in the same office, are great chums. Both are in love, however, with the stenographer.
Warren Woods
After building a financial empire, Frederick Mallery feels chained to his wife Winnie, who stood by him during the years of poverty. As a result, he offers Warren Woods, a down-and-out former playboy, $50,000 to seduce Winnie, so that he will have an excuse for a divorce.
