Homer Morrison
Grace Quigley es una anciana de Nueva York que afronta el final de su existencia sin alicientes por los que seguir viviendo. Un día es testigo de un asesinato cometido por un profesional llamado Seymour Flint. Quigley decide chantajearlo y le pide que a cambio de su silencio la mate a ella también de forma indolora.
Himself (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.
Judge
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and freedom over the span of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Col. A.B. Morgan
At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sails all over the world, but he will never be allowed to set foot on his country's soil. nor come within site of it, nor be allowed to know anything about the country
Mayor Adams
Es Nochebuena, 1950 y un cuerpo carbonizado aparece sobre la nieve del jardín de la casa Butler. Es Wildfred Butler. Ha muerto completamente quemado sin que haya ningún indicio de muerte violenta. El caso se archiva como accidente fortuíto. Veintidós años después llegará un abogado con la orden, por parte del nieto de Butler, de vender la casa. Esta venta reabrirá viejas heridas del pasado en las fuerzas vivas del pueblecito de nueva Inglaterra.
Charles Stewart Calvin
Un químico, que ha descubierto una fórmula muy valiosa, pierde la memoria; mientras intenta recordar su pasado, se ve envuelto en una intriga criminal.
Dr. Munson
Un gigantesco ser extraterrestre aterriza en nuestro planeta y comienza a construir clones de los líderes del Mundo Libre, reemplazando a los verdaderos con sus gemelos androides.
The Thief
Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.
Prof. Roger Bowden
A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.
T.D. Shawnessy
En vísperas de la guerra civil americana (1861-1865), el idealista profesor John Wickliff Shawnessy abandona a Nell Gaither, su amor de juventud, e inicia un apasionado romance con Susanna Drake, una rica y hermosa sureña de Nueva Orleáns, que acaba en boda. Una vez casados, John averigua que la madre de Susanna murió en un asilo para enfermos mentales y empieza a temer que se trate de una enfermedad hereditaria.
Mr. Beaumont
A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.
Warden Bill Keller
The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums.
Captain Trask
En el año 1870, una caravana que intenta llegar hasta Oregón tiene que detenerse en un pequeño puesto fronterizo, pues no es prudente que atraviese territorio sioux. Desde el fuerte Laramie envían a Johnny Hawks, un hombre experimentado en el trato con los indios para que actúe como intermediario.
Juror #4
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 September 1954, the drama was later rewritten for the stage in 1955 under the same title and again for a feature film, 12 Angry Men (1957). The episode garnered three Emmy Awards for writer Rose, director Franklin Schaffner and Robert Cummings as Best Actor.
Maj. R.A. Foster
Un oficial de inteligencia de los Estados Unidos, destinado en Berlin tras la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), se ve atrapado en un dilema político cuando los rusos secuestran un soldado norteamericano, hijo de un importante hombree de negocios. Pretenden canjearlo por un matrimonio de ancianos alemanes, a los que buscan por traición.
Col. Fuller
Un avión de mercancías se estrella en las tierras heladas de la península del Labrador. Mientras la tripulación espera ser rescatada, el piloto tendrá que ingeniárselas para mantener a sus hombres con vida en tan duras condiciones. (FILMAFFINITY)
Col. James Moore
La cantante estadounidense Grace Moore, a punto de debutar en el Metropolitan Opera House de Nueva York, recuerda sentada en su camerino el largo camino que ha tenido que recorrer hasta esta primera noche de éxito absoluto. Por su memoria van pasando los primeros años de su infancia, cuando su tía Laura logró convencer a su padre, el severo coronel Moore, para que la mandara a Washington a estudiar canto. Biopic de la gran soprano Grace Moore, cuya magnífica carrera operística se vio truncada prematuramente por su muerte en un accidente aéreo.
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
En 1861, Angelina, condesa regente de un principado italiano, que se acaba de casar, está desesperada tras ser invadido su dominio por el ejército húngaro. Su antepasada Francesca, que superó una situación similar 300 años antes, vuelve a la vida, surgiendo de un retrato para ayudar a su descendiente. Para complicar las cosas, la condesa recién casada se siente extrañamente atraída por un apuesto invasor.
George Allerton
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.
Narrator
Sent by the U.S. government as a participant in the Marshall Plan with a specific mission to assist the French in re-gearing their animation studios, Stapp discovered a Europe much-decimated by war, but in further danger of annihilation by nuclear weapons. Returning to the U.S., he produced this alarming-yet-hopeful film, replete with its lonely, Tanguy-inspired landscapes peopled with static figures casting long shadows across charcoal-colored plains. While taking the risk of leaning a bit toward didacticism, Stapp managed to urgently convey the thought that world destruction was not necessarily inevitable, provided that people embrace, rather than reject their cultural and racial differences. ‘Picture’ is a unique document resulting from the sometimes dreamy, sometimes nightmarish vision of the artist in a war-torn land, with the spectre of death hovering ever-so-slightly ahead.
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Catherine Brown y Amber La Vonne han ido a Hollywood para hacer carrera en el cine. Visitan el Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, el Brown Derby y otros lugares típicos de de Hollywood antes de estrellarse ante las puertas de los estudios Paramount, donde se ven implicadas en numerosas situaciones cómicas con varios actores y técnicos de los estudios.
Milo Terkel
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
Charles Gibson
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un hombre (James Cagney) somete a un proceso de instrucción y adiestramiento muy riguroso a un grupo de aspirantes a agentes del Servicio de Inteligencia norteamericano. Su arriesgada misión consiste en localizar y destruir una base secreta de misiles nazis en la Francia ocupada.
Gabby Sloan
Un tímido lechero se ve envuelto en una pelea callejera en la puerta del club nocturno donde trabaja su hermana. Sin saberlo, golpea al campeón del mundo de boxeo. Después de la relevancia que toma el asunto por su difusión en los periódicos, el manager del boxeador le ofrece la oportunidad de enfrentarse de nuevo con él en el ring. Por medio de una serie de combates amañados, el lechero comienza a pensar que es invencible. Remake de "La vía láctea" un film de Leo McCarey de 1936.
Harry Archer
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.
Director
Cuando Archie, el dueño de un bar de barrio descubre que uno de sus clientes habituales, Michael O´Malley, propietario de una compañía de discos se va a la quiebra, se da cuenta de que muchos de sus clientes habituales pronto están en la misma situación y por tanto, no podrá pagar sus deudas de la taberna.
Richard Aiken
Susan Darell (Joan Fontaine) a lo largo de su vida recuerda cómo fue amada por cuatro hombres que la veían de maneras diferentes.
George Trellis
Nueva York, 1914. Para salvar a su hermano, que ha cometido un desfalco, Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis), una mujer egoísta que sólo se preocupa por su belleza, se ve obligada a casarse con Job Skeffington Claude Rains), el director del banco, un hombre poco atractivo y mucho mayor que ella, pero paciente y bondadoso. El matrimonio, concertado y sin amor, pasará por varias etapas en las que ambos verán pasar dos guerra mundiales, varios amantes, una cruel enfermedad, persecuciones nazis, la ceguera y el pánico al envejecimiento.
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, todos los estudios ponen "all-star" que incluía prácticamente todas las estrellas en los números musicales y sketches cómicos, y se entiende como la moral y refuerzos tanto las tropas en el extranjero y los civiles en el país. Este esfuerzo fue de Pictures Universal. Cuenta con todo el mundo,a Donald O'Connor a las Hermanas Andrews a Orson Welles a WC Fields a George Raft o Marlene Dietrich, y decenas de otros actores Universal.
Narrator
This movie shows us the rise of Adolf Hitler from a small radical political adventurer to the dictator of Germany in the way of a gangster film. Exept for some minor inaccuracies the historical facts are given in a correct way.
Howard Clinton
Stefan Dubechek (Brian Dennehy) es un campesino checo que emigra a los EEUU, donde un primo le consigue trabajo en una mina... pero, las aspiraciones de Stephen Dangos -como comenzará a llamarse en la tierra del tío Sam- son ilimitadas y con una fuerte voluntad se puede llegar muy lejos.
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the USA.
Chaplain
Un grupo de enfermeras del Ejército de los Estados Unidos se dirige a Hawaii en diciembre de 1941. El ataque a Pearl Harbor cambiará su destino y sus vidas. Enviadas a Bataan, Filipinas, las enfermeras estarán bajo el mando de la teniente Janet Davidson, que tendrá que enfrentarse con enfermeras novatas que esperaban una agradable estancia en Hawaii, pero tendrán que convertirse rápidamente en veteranas si quieren salvar las vidas de numerosos heridos y con suministros cada vez más escasos.
Chris McClelland
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her new hubby is tired of hiding the truth and creates all kinds of problems when he decides to spill the beans.
Cmdr. Roberts
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Danny Reed
Crosby canta (entre otras, el clásico "White Christmas"), Astaire baila y los dos se disputan los favores de Virginia Dale en esta comedia musical creada por Irving Berlin.
Prof. Thornton
Una mujer que ha permanecido en una isla desierta desde que sus padres fueran asesinados por una manada de furiosos elefantes, es rescatada y llevada de nuevo a San Francisco, donde tiene que reclamar su herencia.
B.G. DeSoto
Pop, un guardia de seguridad de Paramount le dijo a su hijo que él es el jefe del estudio. Las cosas se vuelven más complicadas cuando Pop acepta organizar un espectáculo para la Marina protagonizado por las principales estrellas de la Paramount.
Anthony J. Colder
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
George Gore
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
Inspector Hammock
Georges Iscovescu (Charles Boyer), un seductor europeo que quiere residir en los Estados Unidos, decide casarse con una romántica e ingenua maestra norteamericana (Olivia de havilland) para conseguir el permiso de residencia.
Elliott Thomas
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
M. Phillips
Año 1939. El americano Tom Martin, que luchó con los republicanos en la Guerra Civil Española, espera el día de su ejecución. Pero una reportera que busca una exclusiva le ofrece ayuda para escapar. Drama basado en las relaciones entre una periodista y un aviador tras la guerra civil.
Dr. George Benedict
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the official investigator, but most of the clue gathering is done by amateur sleuths Kirk Pierce and Sally Ambler.
Judge
Judy O'Brien forma parte de un grupo de baile y aspira a dedicarse al ballet clásico. Bubbles, compañera suya deja el grupo para centrarse en la comedia. Cuando el grupo se deshace, Bubbles le ofrece a Judy un ingrato trabajo: ser la telonera de su espectáculo.
Jim Foreman
On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the girl finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Gregory Stone
A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and first-offenders a place to straighten out their lives before they reach the point of no return. He meets much resistance from various segments of the law and the citizens.
Robert Barnes
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. When he finds out the real identity of Mason, Goldie takes care of him. The two find an occasion to buy a horse for only two dollars, and start entering competitions. Goldie is an instant celebrity, but his mom reads the newspapers and tracks him down. Mason is very surprised to see her, his ex-wife, and even more astonished to hear that Goldie is his own son. However, Goldie must go back to school and so they decide to keep the secret. Since Goldie does not want to leave Mason behind, he goes to the bookies and fixes the next race, hoping to disappoint Goldie by asking him to lose on purpose.
Nick Ranson
Esta película se desarrolla en los primeros tiempos de la aviación civil, cuando los pilotos se jugaban la vida como auténticos héroes debido a la precariedad de los primeros aviones.
Hugh Allison
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Warren Rogers
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
Karl
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.
Dan Foster
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
John Stafford
El joven doctor Paige, que dirige un equipo médico, supervisa una delicada operación, que acaba mal por culpa de la intromisión de un reputado médico. A pesar de ello, todos acusarán a Paige.
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.
Phil Talbot
Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.
District Attorney
Durante un viaje, Joe Wilson llega a un lugar desconocido, donde es encarcelado por un delito que no ha cometido. Los vecinos, amotinados, provocan el incendio de la cárcel y dan por muerto al forastero. Sin embargo, Wilson consigue sobrevivir y, entonces, intentará vengarse haciendo que sus potenciales asesinos corran el mismo peligro del que él escapó milagrosamente. "Fury" es el primer film americano del gran director alemán Fritz Lang.
James Trent
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking the stairs to avoid being seen by the elevator operator (Frank Jenks). The next morning, the cleaning lady finds Whittaker's dead body, an apparent suicide. Police Lieutenant Poole (Moroni Olsen) finds a letter signed by Whittaker in which the deceased states he embezzled $75,000. Soon, however, he suspects otherwise and, after investigating, arrests widower James "Jim" Trent (Walter Abel), the vice president of Whittaker.
Stanley Ashton
Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.
Ford Adams
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.
D'Artagnan
El joven y valeroso D’Artagnan llega a París y busca a su padrino, el capitán de Treville, jefe del cuerpo de los mosqueteros del rey Luis XIII (1610-1643), en el que quiere ingresar. Allí conoce a Aramis, Porthos y Athos, tres prodigiosos espadachines, a los que, no obstante, D’Artagnan no duda en retar a un duelo. Pero, para ganarse el respeto de los mosqueteros, el joven tendrá que enfrentarse a los malvados sicarios del cardenal Richelieu, enemigo mortal de la Corona. Defendiendo la causa de la reina Ana de Austria, esposa de Luis XIII, se enamora de Constance, la hermosa dama de compañía de la Reina.
Esta fue la primera versión sonora sobre la novela de Dumas. Con un dinámico guión de Dudley Nichols, la trama sigue fielmente la novela original, destacando las peleas a espada y la aparición de Margot Grahame como Milady De Winter.
Carpenter
A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tries to help pull off a robbery, which goes wrong. Because of the robbery, he dies, and after spending time in hell, is sent back to earth for one day to try to make amends.