Gloria Swanson

Del director de "I am Divine" y con una serie de invitados ilustres como Muhammad Ali o Glenn Close, llega este fascinante documental que rescata uno de los secretos mejor guardados del Hollywood Clásico. Narra el delirio de Gloria Swanson quien, aprovechando la estela de "El Crepúsculo de los Dioses", trató de volver a las luces de Hollywood con una extrañísima versión musical de la película.

El documental rememora la carrera cinematográfica del actor y realizador austríaco incluyendo extractos de las películas por él dirigidas.

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.

Cuando un Jumbo 747 colisiona contra una avioneta pilotada por un hombre de negocios que acaba de sufrir un infarto, el pánico se apodera de los pasajeros. Muertos los pilotos a causa del choque, la azafata Nancy Pryor, recibe instrucciones por radio para poder hacerse cargo de la situación.

La matriarca de una gran familia tiene un particular poder sobre una importante colonia de abejas asesinas que habita en los parrales de la finca familiar.

A television documentary about the Twenties told through the use of Hollywood movies, audio recordings and newsreels of the period. Narrated by Gloria Swanson.

Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.

Este perspicaz documental presenta algunas de las actrices más importantes y bellas que adornan la pantalla grande. Muestra cómo la industria del cine cambió su descripción de la representación del sexo y las actrices del sexo desde la era del cine mudo hasta el presente. Las escenas clásicas se muestran desde la película muda, True Heart Susie, protagonizada por Lillian Gish, hasta Love Me Tonight (1932), mezcla de sexo y sofisticación, protagonizada por Jeanette MacDonald (antes de Nelson Eddy) y Elizabeth Taylor en A Place in the Sun (1951), además de mucho, mucho más.

A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.

El emperador Nerón pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en una villa de la costa en compañía de Séneca y rodeado de cortesanos, dedicado a componer obras musicales. Estas situaciones de total relajo sólo son interrumpidas por las visitas de su madre Agripina.

After beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover their compartment has also been assigned to a handsome biology professor. Comedy.

Joe Gillis es un joven escritor de segunda fila que, acosado por sus acreedores, se refugia casualmente en la mansión de Norma Desmond, antigua estrella del cine mudo, que vive fuera de la realidad, acompañada únicamente de su fiel criado Max. A partir de ese momento, la actriz pretende que Joe corrija un guión que ella ha escrito y que va a significar su regreso al cine.

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.

A short subject, intended as the first of a series, where Gloria Swanson plays "Miss Gloria," advice columnist to the lovelorn.

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

Una actriz famosa tiene que ganarse a una familia ya hecha cuando se casa con un magnate naviero.

A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.

Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.

Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive

En Kronberg, capital de un antiguo reino centroeuropeo, la cruel y caprichosa reina Regina V castiga a su primo y prometido, el príncipe Wolfram, a ir de maniobras bajo el sol durante todo el día por su escandalosa escapada de la noche anterior. Por el camino de Kambach, el príncipe y su escuadrón se cruzan con un grupo de monjas y de jóvenes novicias de un convento cercano. Cuando las muchachas se inclinan ante el príncipe, los leotardos de una de ellas, Patricia Kelly, se deslizan hasta el suelo. El príncipe y su escuadron comienzan a reirse, y la muchacha, indignada, se los arroja a la cara. Enamorado locamente de ella desde ese momento, el príncipe decide raptarla conduciéndola a sus habitaciones en palacio, a pesar de que la Reina ya ha anunciado su boda para el día siguiente. (FILMAFFINITY)

The House That Shadows Built (1931) es un largometraje, de aproximadamente 55 minutos de duración, de Paramount Pictures, hecho para celebrar el vigésimo aniversario de la fundación del estudio en 1912. La película fue una película promocional para expositores y nunca tuvo un teatro teatral habitual. lanzamiento. La película incluye una breve historia de Paramount, entrevistas con varios actores y clips de los próximos proyectos (algunos de los cuales nunca llegaron a buen término). El título proviene de una biografía del fundador de Paramount Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), de William Henry Irwin.

This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

La húngara Nella Vago (Gloria Swanson) es una diva de ópera cuyo agente insiste en que sus representaciones carecen de pasión, una situación que sólo podría cambiar si la propia Vago tuviera una verdadera experiencia amorosa. En un viaje de vuelta a Budapest, Vago descubre que su novio, el Conde Albert von Granac, tiene una aventura. El ánimo y la titubeante carrera de Vago recibirán entonces un gran impulso gracias a la relación de la diva con el apuesto Jim Fletcher (Melvyn Douglas). (FILMAFFINITY)

El anciano marido de una joven muere y le deja cinco millones de dólares.Ella marcha a Paris, donde es perseguida por un rico playboy y el abogado que trabaja para ella.

El anciano marido de una joven muere y le deja cinco millones de dólares.Ella marcha a Paris, donde es perseguida por un rico playboy y el abogado que trabaja para ella.

Marion trabaja como secretaria del abogado Hector Ferguson. Jack, cliente de Ferguson se enamora de Marion, y pasados unos meses se casan, pero la familia de él anula el matrimonio justo después de haber tenido ambos un hijo. Ante los problemas, Jack huye pero Ferguson, que ama en secreto a Marion, intentará ayudarla para darle un futuro y un bienestar al niño.

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.

A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.

Orchid Murphy, una joven corista, siempre vigilada por su celoso hermano, choca contra la etiqueta establecida de ambientes aristocráticos. Conoce a un ricachón aburrido de la Sexta avenida en Nochevieja. Surge el amor, pero la diferencia social que existe entre ambos es una traba que parece insalvable...

A spoiled rich girl is brought down to earth by the man who loves her.

La camarera Jennie Hagen, que sueña despierta, fantasea con convertirse en una actriz famosa, mientras que en realidad ella y su novio cocinero, Orme Wilson, esperan algún día tener su propio restaurante. Aunque Orme ama a Jennie, también siente debilidad por las estrellas de teatro, así que cuando un equipo de teatro de un barco fluvial llega a su ciudad, se enamora de la actriz principal Lillian Lyons. Desesperada por quedarse con Orme, Jennie insiste en subir al escenario para superar a Lillian, pero pronto se le escapa.

Silent film drama...

A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.

A carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they are caught again in a web of jealousy, deceit and murder.

When Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the King's Guards, her father quickly arranges her marriage with the king of a neighboring country. Although Marie and Rudi are secretly wed by a Gypsy, the duke ignores the marriage and exiles Rudi. When a child is born to Marie, she declares to the king that it is Rudi's and is thereafter banished to a convent; however, Rudi returns and helps Marie retrieve her child from the palace, and they find happiness in another land.

Cuando su novio Jimmy se olvida de una cita por estar enfrascado en su trabajo, Tessie McGuire, dependienta de unos grandes almacenes, decide aistir sola a una fiesta en el estudio de Robert Brandt, un famoso escultor. Allí tiene un gran éxito con su talento para las imitaciones y Riccardi dueño de una tienda de modas, le ofrece un trabajo, en el cual debe hacerse pasar por una condesa rusa en su tienda, para atraer clientas. Mientras Tessie debe luchar para quitarse de encima a su legión de admiradores, Jimmy tiene éxito con uno de sus inventos, pero al regresar rechaza a Tessie por su nuevo estilo de vida, aunque se dará cuenta enseguidade cuales son sus verdaderos sentimientos...

Hector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie, deliberately compromises her. Colbert's lawyer, Daniel Farr, believing that Marjorie's behavior was wrong, gets the divorce, but he ruins the reputation of a fun-loving woman who was simply bored with her husband. Later, she and Farr meet; she plots a revenge against the lawyer but confesses her fabrication when she realizes that she loves him.

A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.

Zaza (Swanson) es una actriz y la favorita en un teatro al aire libre en una pequeña ciudad francesa. Cuando el diplomático Bernard Dufresne (H. Warner) llega a la aldea, se aleja por temor a que se enamore de ella. Pero durante una actuación, mientras Zaza canta en un columpio, su rival (Mary Thurmon) corta la cuerda y ella se cae. Zaza está gravemente herida y conoce a Dufresne. Un romance brota rápidamente y él la instala en una villa. Su felicidad se ve empañada, sin embargo, cuando su esposa aparece y le ruega que renuncie a Zaza para que pueda asumir un alto cargo diplomático. Zaza cree que Dufresne la ha dejado por otra mujer, y solo después de viajar a París se da cuenta de que él ya estaba casado y tenía una familia. Con el corazón roto, le da la espalda al asunto. Los años pasan, la Primera Guerra Mundial va y viene, y los antiguos amantes se reúnen una vez más. La esposa de Dufresne ha muerto, por lo que pueden reunirse.

John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when he is in Paris, Mona de Briac comes into his life. Mona comes from an noble family who is facing ruin.

Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her daughters, so they live among the flapper set. Lester Hodges, a songwriter, is enamored of Marjory, while Garside, who runs a card room, is interested in Swifty. While gambling at Garside's place, Swifty meets Roger Corbin, who works as an engineer at her father's business. Corbin falls in love with Swifty. When Mr. Forbes protests against both his daughters' behavior, they move out. Marjory marries Hodges, but eventually leaves him and returns to her parents. Swifty, who has gambled herself into debt, agrees to marry Garside. But when the couple are together in a café, prohibition agents raid the place.

A 1922 film.

Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when he finds Betty in the company of Jerry Woodruff that he shoots this family friend.

Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.

Teodora, una joven aristócrata arruinada, se casa con un comerciante millonario mucho mayor que ella para que su padre y sus hermanas solteronas vivan confortablemente. Pero, poco después de la boda, se da cuenta de que se ha enamorado de Héctor, el Conde de Bracondale, un playboy que acude a los lugares frecuentados por los ricos.

A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.

Miller Lois (Gloria Swanson) se casa con James Berkeley (Stuart Holmes), un hombre que la considera como una especie de trofeo que exhibir, pero ella no se da cuenta hasta que vuelve a ver a Allan (Richard Wayne), su antiguo novio, Cuando James convence a Allan para que le ayude a llevar sus asuntos financieros en México, los tres juntos se dirigen a la frontera.

Two men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.

The wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome Englishmen visits their home.

Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats on him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.

Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin, whom she does not love. During a trip to Nevada with her father, she meets engineer Bayard Delavel, who saves her life when she is bitten by a snake; when her father finds her with Bayard in his cabin, he forces them to marry. Believing that Nadine does not love him, Delavel leaves her and prepares to sue for divorce.

Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a subway accident. Markley offers to marry her in name only to protect her new son.

Robert Gordon está cansado de la rutina en que ha caído su matrimonio. Su esposa no deja de resaltar sus defectos, mientras que ella no hace nada por lucir atractiva para él. No es extraño, por tanto, que Robert se deje seducir por una vieja conocida con la que acaba de reencontrarse en la boutique de modas donde ella trabaja como modelo.

Un lord y su esposa, acompañados del mayordomo y la doncella, hacen un crucero de placer en el yate de un amigo. Pero desgraciadamente van a naufragar, y la convivencia forzada en una isla desierta contribuye a que las barreras de clase social caigan, y las personas se den a conocer tal y como son.

Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.

Leila porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.

Sylia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out, she is persuaded to help the German cause and later commits suicide rather than compromise her husbands career.

Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is actually a baby sweater.

Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.

A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother does not always know best when her father commits suicide.

Patricia Reynolds, the belle of the summer resort she is visiting with her friend, Amy Powellson, attracts the attention of Arthur Kirby, whom Amy loves. On an evening drive, Arthur tries to kiss Patricia , whereupon she leaps from the car and walks home. While Amy, disguised in Patricia 's clothing, accompanies Arthur to a roadhouse, Patricia , walking near the beach, sees her invalid friend, Jim Wheeler, jump into the ocean intending to kill himself. After rescuing him, Patricia persuades Jim to visit a specialist, but when she later is accused of spending the night with Arthur, she refuses to defend herself in order to conceal Jim's attempted suicide.

A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him.

A secretary (Gloria Swanson) uses her boss to get money for her unfortunate sister (Ann Kroman) but eventually falls in love with him.

Successful model, Phyllis Clyne, convinces a down-and-out nobleman, Billy, to pass her off in society as titled gentry. They fall in love and when it turns out that her late father actually was a lord, they decide they now can marry.

On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an evil rajah attempts to force Gloria into his harem.

Dangers of a Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and Bobby Vernon starring Gloria Swanson.

Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.

Baseball Madness is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Billy Mason and starring Gloria Swanson.

Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. The scheming guardian and his sister have been spending Bobbie's money, and they hope to have the sister marry Bobbie so that they can keep control over his money.

The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.

The Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.

A farm boy (Vernon) falls for a glamorous society girl (Swanson) who is engaged to another man (Morris).

Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bobbie.

A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson

Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) and starring Gloria Swanson. When Mack Sennett first saw Gloria Swanson, he felt that she would be right as a romantic lead for Bobby Vernon because they were both small in stature. This was their first film together and they proved to be a big hit with the public.

A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fellow passenger, who is a police commissioner. The wire identifies him as official collector for the Old Cops' Home. A little chloroform does for him and when the train pulls out of his destination he is still on board while Gribbon is posing as the commissioner-collector.

A 1916 short starring Jack Cooper, Hank Mann & Bobby Dunn.

Three young girls, pledged to spinsterhood and contempt for mankind, go camping in the woods. Three boys, unpledged to anything save fun and the joy of living, likewise go camping. Fate spins the wheel and the six, pledged and unpledged, pitch their tents not far apart.

The Duke de Longtour, a European nobleman, with impoverished estates, comes to America and wins the hand of Stephana Martin, an American heiress, defeating Marquis Ferdinand, an adventurer and his rival.

Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for college tuition. She applies and is accepted.

The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard Foster Baker. Gloria Swanson made her first credited appearance in this film as Farina.

Charlot intenta conseguir trabajo en una película, y le asignan ser ayudante del carpintero que construye los decorados. Pero cuando uno de los actores no se presenta al rodaje, a Charlot le surge la oportunidad de actuar en la película.

A young woman is used as a pawn to entice Count Jean de Lugnan into a game of ruritanian political intrigue.

Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her relatives. He thought it his duty to give three hearty cheers for Father and Mother, and likewise he worked for a stand-in with Tom, her husky brother. His gushing affections for Kate slopped over on Sister Lil, and this caused Kate to sit up and take notice. He went shopping with mother and carried everything she purchased. She was peeved but George thought he was making a great hit. Next day he tried to cultivate the big athletic brother, but found his Waterloo.

The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the happenings of their younger days. How the young man had left his country home to seek work in the great city, and after many days of wandering had found employment as an office boy in the same office with the young lady. How she had taken an interest in him and before many days had become more than friends.

In honor of his return from abroad, Mrs. Worthington invites her cousin, Brian Hartley, to dinner that evening, but forgets to tell him she has moved from her old address. He goes to the old home where he is met at the door by Celia Thayer, a guest of the Holbrooks, who now occupy the residence. None of the family being at home, Ceclia admits him, thinking he has been invited to dinner. When her hostess does not arrive the two have dinner together and become quite infatuated. Later it develops that the house was robbed while Mr. Hartley was there and, of course, he is suspected.

Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was to find some way to keep them home at nights. One dame thought every wife ought to provide her companion with an intellectual atmosphere so he wouldn't sneak out at night to the thirst parlor.