Eric Blore

Cuando dos nuevos empleados pasen la noche en Walt Disney Animation Studios, verán a todos los personajes de Disney del pasado y de hoy cobrar vida, y se reunirán para tomarse una foto propia con motivo de su centenario.

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.

Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.

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.

The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.

"Remake" en color del film "Nobleza obliga", que Leo McCarey rodó con Charles Laughton quince años antes. Fue el segundo de los cuatro films que Bob Hope interpretó junto a Lucille Ball, y el tercero de los seis en los que fue dirigido por George Marshall (sin contar sus cameos en dos películas más).

Los Hermanos Marx ayudan a unos jóvenes aspirantes a Broadway a la vez que se ven mezclados con gánsters debido a una lata de sardinas que contiene diamantes Romanoff.

El undécimo clásico Disney fue el último de los llamados filmes-paquete, aquellos que produjo Disney durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y los primeros años de la posguerra. La película narra dos historias míticas de la literatura británica y estadounidense. El primer relato es 'El viento en los sauces', escrito por Kenneth Grahame y que narra la ostentosa vida del señorito J. Thaddeus Toad, un joven multimillonario pendenciero, que derrocha su fortuna por sus obsesiones. El segundo relato es 'La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow', escrito por Washington Irving. En un agradable pueblo de Sleepy Hollow, situado a las afueras del estado de Nueva York, llega el singular profesor Ichabod Crane, que se enamorará perdidamente de la bella Katrina van Tassel. La aparición del fantasma del llamado Jinete sin Cabeza durante la noche de la víspera del día de Todos los Santos convertirá la estancia de Ichabod Crane en una tortura .

This animated fairy tale for kids tells the classic story of a dapper, automobile loving fellow named Mr. Toad, whose passion becomes a problem when he's framed for stealing cars by a band of rogue weasels.

Una mujer sospecha que su marido se interesa por otras, pero él sospecha lo mismo de ella. Por culpa de sus negocios, él tiene que cancelar siempre sus vacaciones de aniversario y dejar que su mujer se vaya sola. En una ocasión, para poder espiar a su marido, ella contrata a una cantante de cabaret (Doris Day) para que viaje a América del Sur en su lugar. Mientras tanto, su esposo contrata a un detective (Jack Carson) para vigilar a su esposa durante su viaje.

Michael Lanyard (Gerald Mohr) is suspected of stealing two fabulous diamonds from a vault in Scotland Yard, where they were being held for safekeeping, but the Yard can't prove he did it. Later, Lanyard is summoned by a member of the nobility to help the latter raise money to pay a blackmailer. Lanyard later finds evidence to reveal the diamonds as having been stolen by a famous stage star.

In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond smugglers. Along the way, he winds up accused of both robbery and murder.

Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.

A farm girl has a romance with a ski instructor.

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

Una farsa con cierto estilo según la novela de Rosamund Marshall, que bebe directamente de la idea de Pigmalión. Esta vez se traslada la acción al Londres del siglo XVIII, donde unos conspiradores transforman a una chica de la calle (Paulette Goddard, tan divertida y natural como de costumbre) en una gran dama. Traman un plan consistente en casar a la muchacha con un noble de la Corte para sacarle todo el dinero posible.

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.

Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline

In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in the Big Apple. The girl, who is also a singer, soon begins establishing herself in the fashion industry, but when a rival accuses her of stealing a pattern, her career is nearly destroyed. Fortunately, a handsome, romantic hero is around to help her clear her name. Songs include: "Come Along My Heart", "That does It", "Swing Low Sweet Lariat" and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?".

In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He dons a captain's uniform to order a platoon of soldiers to Koepenick to take over the Town Hall to get his permit.

A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.

Basada en la novela de Arnold Bennett. Un artista que regresa a su hogar después de muchos años en el extranjero, se hace pasar por su criado muerto para evitar a la prensa

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England's war effort.

Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an out-of-the-way island off of the coast of South America. Morgan makes his headquarters at the Halfway House run by the parents of Maria Styx as a bar and dance resort catering to the planters and traders of the island. Taggert finds himself practically a prisoner along with a group of American girls acting as entertainers at the resort. Taggert shadows Morgan in his activities in a remote cove and finds that Morgan is supplying German U-boat commanders with torpedoes, but does not know that Morgan has rigged the torpedoes with clock devices that explode when at sea and sinks the U-boats.

Un héroe de la Segunda Guerra Mundial decide desaparecer durante un tiempo de la vida pública. Para ello, se toma unos días de descanso en Nueva York, como un civil más. Allí conocerá a una fotógrafa, obsesionada con la idea de ir al frente, de la que se enamorará perdidamente. Como él no quiere desvelar su verdadera identidad, y la intrépida periodista no le hace ningún caso, tendrá que buscar la forma de que se fije en él... (FILMAFFINITY)

Bandleader/singer/songwriter Ted Barry arrives to heaven. The receptionist tells him that before he can take his place in the Hall of Music, a committee must review his work and decide whether he is worthy of admittance.

Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.

A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.

Charles Strickland es un agente de bolsa, casado, con dos hijos, y sin conflicto visible con su familia. Un día cualquiera, la esposa encuentra una nota donde su esposo le anuncia que se ha separado y que se ha marchado para siempre a París. Cuando todo el mundo presupone que lo ha hecho por otra mujer, Geoffrey Wolfe, un escritor que se ha acaba de hacer amigo de la familia Strickland, comprueba que el motivo de su huida es otro muy especial. Pasión y vocación de un personaje inspirado en la vida del polémico pintor Paul Gauguin.

The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.

El gobernador de la decadente y cosmopolita Shanghai notifica a Madre Gin Sling, dueña de un famoso casino, que el local será derribado para remodelar el distrito. La dama averigua que detrás de ese movimiento especulativo está el acaudalado Sir Guy Charteris. Con motivo de la celebracion del Año Nuevo Chino Sir Guy y otros invitados se sientan a la mesa de Madre Gin Sling. Allí, el oscuro pasado del especulador se pondrá al descubierto.

Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.

Estrenada primero en Portugal el 5 de Diciembre 1941. Obsesionado con la idea de rodar una película sobre la miseria y el sufrimiento, el director de cine John L. Sullivan convence a los ejecutivos del estudio para que le permitan recorrer el país disfrazado de vagabundo antes de empezar a rodar. Después de trabajar como peón para una viuda que espera de él algo más que cortar leña, huye de su casa, pero el camión que lo recoge lo lleva de vuelta a Hollywood. Sintiéndose completamente frustrado, Sully entra en una cafetería, donde conoce a una actriz rubia, que, entusiasmada con su proyecto, decide acompañarlo en su aventura.

Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

Una banda de gángsters de Chicago prepara un importante robo. El teniente Bill Mason toma el caso y se enfrenta con una periodista de sucesos. Tras la captura de uno de ellos, Mason sospecha que el líder de la banda es una mujer. Entretenida muestra de cine policíaco donde la novedad es convertir a la mujer fatal de turno en el cerebro de un banda de criminales. (FILMAFFINITY)

A wealthy businessman's irresponsible son and a down-on-her-luck model enter into a marriage of convenience, and end up falling in love.

Crosby es un promotor de barraca de feria algo golferas que engaña a los espectadores haciéndoles creer que Bob Hope es un prodigio de la naturaleza. Ambos marchan hasta Zanzíbar, donde encontrarán a una guapa nativa y buscarán una mina de diamantes. Entre sus momentos más surrealistas destaca el de Bob Hope luchando contra un gorila en plena jungla.

A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

Durante un viaje en un trasatlántico, Charles Pike, un soltero millonario experto en serpientes que vuelve de la jungla, se enamora de Jean Harrington, una jugadora profesional que, junto con su padre, hace trampas con las cartas. Jean, que también se ha enamora de Charlie, decide abandonar el juego pero, cuando Charlie se entera de cuál es su medio de vida, rompe su compromiso con ella. Jean, dolida, intenta vengarse. La oportunidad se presenta cuando Los Harrington se encuentran con un estafador amigo suyo. Entonces Jean decide hacerse pasar por su sobrina: Lady Eve Sidwich. Charlie conoce en una fiesta a Lady Eve y queda anonadado por su parecido con Jean.

Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the diamonds, Gamble flees Africa to England where he changes his name and begins a new life. What he hasn't counted on, though, is meeting and falling in love with Smythe's daughter Katherine, who falls in love with him but can't marry him until she can deal with her hatred of John Gamble, the man she believes killed her father.

Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.

Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.

Robert (Tony Martin) va a ser deportado, por lo que se apresura a ir al puerto para abordar un barco. Compartiendo su taxi está Patricia (Rita Hayworth), una mujer que se apresura a casarse con un hombre rico (Alan Mowbray). Sin embargo, cuando hay un accidente y el taxi se retrasa, ambos pierden el barco y este suceso cambia el resto de sus vidas.

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.

A Chinese general's daughter (Anna May Wong) tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant's (J. Carrol Naish) jungle empire.

A valet thinks his master is a murder, and tries a little blackmail.

In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his well-meaning friends have stolen one of his paintings so it can be exhibited.

Stan y Ollie son vendedores de trampas para ratones que esperan mejores negocios en Suiza, con la teoría de Stan de que debido a que hay más queso en Suiza, debería haber más ratones.

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.

Una cantante de cabaret intenta dar un salto cualitativo y convertirse en una diva de la ópera.

Valentine Ransome (Barbara Stanwyck), una rica heredera texana, está decidida a transformar en un hombre de provecho al joven Jonathan Blair (Herbert Marshall), último descendiente de una larga disnatía dedicada al transporte marítimo y con el negocio al borde de la ruina. Lo que 'Johnny' no sospecha es el precio que deberá pagar...

Los célebres actores teatrales Basil Underwood y Joyce Arden son socios en escena y fuera de ella. Un gaje del oficio de Basil es que las mujeres a menudo se enamoran de él cuando sale a las tablas... y que él a veces se deja adorar. La vida de Basil y Joyce es apasionada y tempestuosa, caracterizada por disputas y simulaciones constantes, que suelen continuar en escena, mascullando por lo bajo. Tras su última pelea y reconciliación, finalmente han decidido casarse por duodécima y definitiva vez... ¿Pero será la última?

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance than for entertainment.

La estrella del ballet Pete "Petrov" Peters se las ha arreglado para cruzar el Atlántico a bordo del mismo barco en el que viaja la bailarina de la que se ha enamorado perdidamente, Linda Keene, aunque apenas la conoce. Pero, en el momento en que el trasatlántico llega a Nueva York, una pequeña mentira se propaga como un rumor: que las dos celebridades están casadas en secreto.

Narra la historia de un correo del zar de Rusia que debe entregar una carta al duque, en la que le previene del traidor Iván Ogaref que quiere asesinarlo y entregar su ciudad a los Khanes mongoles. En su apresurado camino se encuentra con Nadia, una joven que va a la misma ciudad, Irkuskt, para ver a su padre. Los mongoles capturan a Miguel Strogoff, que logra escapar curiosamente y entrega la carta al duque, evitando la invasión mongola.

Inglaterra, año 1805. Phoebe Throssel, que vive con a su hermana Susan en Quality Street, ha conocido al apuesto doctor Valentine Brown y espera su visita en casa, creyendo que le propondrá matrimonio. Sin embargo, Brown sólo quiere decirle que se ha alistado en el ejército y tiene que partir hacia el frente. Diez años más tarde, convertido en capitán, regresa inesperadamente y encuentra a Phoebe muy cambiada: con el propósito de rejuvenecer, se hace pasar por un personaje inexistente: Olivia, su propia sobrina. Brown cae rendido ante los encantos de la juvenil Olivia.

A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.

John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire) es un destacado bailarín que llega tarde a su boda con Margaret Watson (Betty Furness). El padre de esta le reta a que vuelva a pedir la mano de su hija cuando haya ganado la astronómica cantidad de 25.000 dólares. Para ello John se traslada a Nueva York, en compaía de su amigo Everett "Pop" Cardetti (Victor Moore), donde conoce a Penélope "Penny" Carroll (Ginger Rogers). La relación entre ambos se irá estrechando hasta el nivel de que acabarán enamorándose.

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all over for her, not knowing that his father's hopeful fiancée is her Aunt. As his caricature work suffers as he searches, he is fired from his paper. But he makes a comeback with the comics 'Rags to Riches' which is based upon the Pett's. But this upsets the Pett's so much that they go back to New York, and he follows, being careful not to let them know that he is the one who draws the strip that parodies them.

Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.

Una aspirante a cantante y un joven compositor se enamoran y se casan: pero, mientras que ella alcanza el éxito, él sigue siendo un desconocido. Así las cosas, ella decide renunciar a su prometedora carrera por amor a su marido.

An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.

Kay, una aburrida chica de la alta sociedad neoyorquina hace un viaje a Grecia donde conoce a Terry, un arqueólogo. Kay flirtea con Terry y él acaba enamorándose de Kay. La joven se vuelve a Nueva York, seguida de cerca por Terry, que tiene la intención de proponerle matrimonio. Cuando llega a la gran ciudad se da cuenta de que el estilo de vida de Kay no es para él, y decide irse, pero la abuela de la chica le convence para que se quede. A pocos días de la boda, la pareja se pelea...

La historia del legendario jugador Diamond Jim Brady y su romance con la actriz y cantante Lillian Russell.

Jerry Travers, un astro de la comedia musical americana, llega a Londres y se instala en la habitación del productor de su obra, Horace Hardwick. El azar le hace conocer a la bella modelo Dale Tremont, que se aloja en la habitación de abajo. Ella le toma, erróneamente, por Hardwick y, al enterarse que está casado (en realidad, y aunque no lo sabe, con una amiga suya, Madge), le rechaza y viaja con su jefe, el modisto Alberto Beddini, a Venecia, donde, por despecho, se casará con él.

Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.

When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes the threat seriously while the DA dismisses it. At the casino owned by Uncle Kinkaid, Lynn is indeed poisoned under the watchful eye of Philo. However, he recovers, but the same cannot be said for Lynn's wife Virginia, who is at the family home. Only a family member could have poisoned Lynn and Virginia and everyone has their dark motives. Philo will follow the clues and find the perpetrator.

An entertainer impersonates a look-alike banker, causing comic confusion for wife and girlfriend.

Historia de una chica huérfana que siembra el bien y la confusión y que al final se transforma en una comedia sobre los estragos que la inocencia causa en el cinismo masculino.

Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seamy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs a smoky nightclub. He falls for a low-class, white pickpocket, diminishing his pride in the Chinese half of his heritage and sparking the jealousy of the nightclub's moody star performer.

After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across the country angrily, and lands up at a saloon, where he is shot by an Indian, Pete. Pete's girlfriend, Tonita nurses Michael's wound and falls in love with him. Michael realizes this, proposes marriage to Tonita - a perfect revenge for his prejudice family. They marry and he takes her to New York, in full Indian dress hoping to embarrass the family.

Musical de la RKO que tuvo un gran éxito de público, además de ser nominada al Oscar a la mejor película. Guy Holden, un célebre bailarín americano, está de viaje por Europa en compañía de su amigo y abogado Egbert. Camino de Inglaterra, un incidente en la aduana francesa le hace conocer a Mimi Glossop, que viaja con su tía. En Londres vuelve a tener un encuentro casual con ella. Guy queda profundamente enamorado de Mimi, sin saber que se trata de una mujer casada, en proceso de divorcio, cuyos trámites está llevando el propio Egbert. Guy, Egbert, Mimi y su tía volverán a coincidir en un hotel de la costa en el que se van a producir una serie de equívocos.

El director de una flota de aviones tiene problemas con su plantilla por culpa de los enredos entre sus chicos y las mujeres. Cuando le ofrecen un contrato para viajar a Río de Janeiro, surgen problemas porque ahora es él el que se enamora de una joven que ya está prometida.

En plena época de la Gran Depresión, Dick Powell es un compositor de canciones que se rebela contra sus adinerados padres para poder casarse con la corista Ruby Keeler. Musical de la Warner con espectaculares coreografías de Busby Berkeley. Obtuvo excelentes críticas.

El guión narra la historia de Nancy Courtney, una mujer con dinero que no sabe cuidar las cosas buenas que le ha dado la vida.

Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired of their sedate life, she refuses the attentions of her longtime friend, the volatile sculptor Ralph Le Saint. When pianist Paul Lockridge arrives from Paris, he begs Peggy to run away with him to France, where they can share adventure and a full life -- but complications arise for Peggy when Gibson's attractive daughter visits.

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.