(archive footage)
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Self (archive footage)
Documental sobre Cary Grant, usando sus propias grabaciones de voz y vídeos privados, en el que cuenta toda su vida desde su infancia en la pobreza hasta su fama global.
Valerie West (archive footage)
Documental que aborda la creatividad y libertad de expresión del cine realizado en la época Pre-Code. Recoge multitud de documentos gráficos y sonoros de la época, así como entrevistas con críticos, directores, historiadores y otros personajes.
(archive footage)
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Herself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
(archive footage)
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.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Estelle Anderson
Cuando Holly Parker, una modesta dependienta de San Francisco, decide contraer matrimonio con Clyton Anderson no se podía imaginar la vida que le esperaba. Clayton, un magnate de buena familia con aspiraciones políticas, establece el hogar familiar en una mansión de Connecticut donde son recibidos por la madre de Clayton, una mujer dominante que vivirá con ellos incluso después del nacimiento de su hijo Clay. Las imposiciones de la madre, que pretende incluso decidir sobre la educación del pequeño, y las constantes ausencias de su marido hacen que Holly busque refugio a su soledad en el divertido playboy Phil Benton que muere en un extraño accidente en el que Holly se ve involucrada.
Guest Panelist
Gladys es una joven modelo que se traslada desde su pueblo a Nueva York para conseguir fama y popularidad. No tiene dinero, pero sí mucha ambición. Cuando, por puro azar, consigue hacerse famosa, un ejecutivo del espectáculo se fijará en ella. Un director de documentales también se enamora de Gladys, pero no está de acuerdo en cómo vive su nueva e inmerecida fama.
Lucille McKinley
Cuando la empresa en la que trabaja decide jubilarlo, John Hodges sufre una auténtica conmoción, pues a sus 65 años cree que todavia puede ser util. Además, en su casa nadie se preocupa por él; por otra parte, las tradicionales actividades de las personas de su edad no le gustan. Así las cosas, decide hacerse pasar por Harold Cleveland, un directivo de su empresa, y emprender un viaje de inspección para realizar cambios en una filial. Los problemas surgen cuando la ex-mujer de su jefe empieza a sentirse atraida por él.
Dr. Karen Lawrence
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
Paula Rogers
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Jane Moynihan
Victor Grandison es criminólogo y una estrella de la radio; es el tutor de una rica heredera, Matilda, a quien se ha dado por muerta en un naufragio. También tenía una secretaria, a la que han asesinado. Para alegrarle la vida, sus amigos le preparan una fiesta, a la que acude una persona no invitada: el viudo de Matilda, del que nadie sabía nada... todo esto se parece demasiado a su programa de radio.
Zenia Lascalles
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Producer
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
Kitty de Mornay
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
Joan Bannister
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Kye Allen
Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.
Belle Andrews
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
Self
Fifth film in the Hedda Hopper documentary series.
Griselda Vaughn
Karin Borg Blake es una instructora de esquí que da clases a un playboy americano llamado Larry Blake. Poco a poco se van enamorando, pero resulta que Larry tiene una novia en New York que espera su vuelta...
Joan Madison aka Miss Moore and Laura
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.
Christine Blaine
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
Gerry Lester
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Marion Kerby
Mrs Topper's friend Mrs Parkhurst has convinced Mrs topper, to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs Parkhurst takes Mrs Topper on a trip to France, where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce, with help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel, to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
Helen Murphy
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
Jerry Kilbourne
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
Self (uncredited)
A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita Racetrack, the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove, the Biltmore Bowl, and the American Legion Stadium.
Marion Kerby
George y Marion Kerby mueren en un accidente de tráfico, pero regresan al mundo de los vivos como fantasmas y con la intención de vivir la lujosa vida de su amigo Cosmo Topper, presidente de un banco.
Herself
Constance Bennett demonstrates her morning skin care and make-up regimen.
Yoli Haydn
Tres jovencitas –Loretta Young, Janet Gaynor y Constance Bennett– deciden arreglar sus vidas para siempre buscando maridos ricos.
El enredo está servido cuando la primera de ellas seduce a un aristócrata (Tyrone Power), con la mala fortuna de que ya está comprometido. Así que, desesperada, decide suicidarse con veneno, pero la dosis – ciertamente menor– es bebida por error por su amiga Gaynor, que es atendida por un atractivo doctor (Don Ameche), del que se enamora. Al tiempo que Bennett hace caer en sus redes amorosas a un hombre de negocios de mediana edad (Wilfrid Lawson).
Anna von Stucknadel
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Self
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon with an orchestra playing, all sorts of stars and would-be stars sitting at tables near the pool alongside paying customers, and bathing beauties parading and diving. The Lido's manager, Reggy Denny, introduces the stars in the audience. He's sometimes interrupted by someone who does a bit, sings a song, or otherwise entertains: most of these are novelty acts. By the end, everyone's having a swell time.
Sharon Norwood
El editor Jim Branch se enamora de una mujer de la alta sociedad, Sharon Norwood. La utilizará para conseguir información de sus allegados ricos y famosos, con el objetivo de resolver un asesinato.
Iris
A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
Duchess of Florence
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Helen Hall / Raquel
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan--unbeknownst to her husband, "Raquel" is actually her sister, and her plan is for them to switch places so she can fulfill her dream of going back on the stage. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Carla Vanirska
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of the Austrian army. Meanwhile, Ritter is assigned to detect the identity of a spy.
Lorry Evans
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
Lady Pearl Grayston
Una americana con dinero se casa con un aristócrata inglés. Para su pesar, descubre que no es oro todo lo que reluce y que los motivos que impulsaron a su marido a contraer matrimonio no eran precisamente sentimentales. Tras la brillante superficie de la alta sociedad inglesa, se esconde toda clase de secretos, donde la hipocresía y los intereses económicos motivan la sordidez de sus actos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Judy Carroll
Melodrama dirigido por el especialista George Cukor, sobre una mujer que tras perder a su hijo adoptivo, huye a Europa donde se enamora de un hombre casado.
Adele Hamilton
Una mujer de la alta sociedad ha de testificar en un hijo por asesinato cuyo fiscal es su pretendiente.
Mary Evans
Mary Evans es una camarera cuya amistad con Max Carey, un director de cine alcohólico, le permite relacionarse con peces gordos. De esta manera llama la atención del millonario Lonny Borden, un productor de Hollywood cansado de la vida de la costa este y de ser un segundón de Max. (FILMAFFINITY)
Venice Muir
Una chica rica de la alta sociedad neoyorkina con fama de aburrida se da cuenta de que se es mucho más popular entre los hombres cuando se pretende ser una chica "mala". De viaje en París conoce a Guy, un joven americano arruinado que le ayudará a inventarse esa "mala" fama para llamar la atención de la sociedad en la que se mueve y en particular la de su amado Donnie.
Stephanie Dale
Stephanie, hija de madre soltera, se debate entre un hombre mayor y rico, y otro joven pero menos adinerado. Un día, el hombre mayor descubre que es su padre y decide protegerla. Se relaciona con otro hombre que le propone matrimonio, ero la rechaza al averiguar que sus padres nunca se casaron. Al final, no obstante, encontrará el verdadero amor y descubrirá quién es su padre
Valerie West
When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent past as another man's mistress?
Doris Kendall
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Laura Murdock
Laura, que se ha criado en una humilde familia, harta de la pobreza decide aceptar a Will Brockton, un hombre rico y bastante mayor que ella. Poco tiempo después, Laura se enamora del joven Jack Madison y deja a Brockton; sin embargo, cuando el dinero vuelve a escasear, vuelve con él.
Sylvia Brenner
Sylvia acepta la propuesta de matrimonio de su jefe, aunque él sólo lo ha hecho para evitar casarse con otra. Casada y rica, pasa de ser el patito feo a una seductora mujer que, incluso, considera la posibilidad de mantener una relación con un hombre al que conoce durante un viaje a París. (Filmaffinit)
Ellen Neal
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. But he leaves her with child, and when she attempts to gain recognition for her child, the Fullerton family treats her as a blackmailer. But a surprise awaits them all.
Frances Hawtree / Z-1
The action takes place during the Great War in the home of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Allana Wagner
The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.
Ann Marvin
A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
Connie Hayden
Marcia Livingston
A couple endure 365 days of marriage in order to inherit money.
Sally Fitzgerald
Historia de tres bailarinas de music-hall con personalidades muy diferentes: Sally es la reina del espectáculo y tiene un amante rico que la mantiene, Irene es más tímida y Mary acaba de empezar en el mundo del espectáculo y aunque tiene un carácter más descarado es muy ingenua. Cuando el amante de Sally empieza a interesarse por Mary, estallará la tensión entre las dos.
Abby Nettleton
Joel Parker is sent to college by his crabby farmer father only because it was his mother's dying wish that he get an education. At college, he's immediately pegged as a chump and is constantly victimized by the other students, headed by Jimmie Slater. Only Abbie Nettleton, who works at the campus bakery, has any sympathy for him.
Guerda Anthony
Hazel Woods
Louise Dresser, una diva de la ópera, es repudiada por la sociedad cuando tiene un hijo ilegítimo y pierde la voz. Así las cosas, vuelve a su casa, pero no es bien recibida. Años después, intentando recuperar el cariño perdido, se hace pasar por testigo de un asesinato; lo que ocurre es que su hijo está involucrado en el crimen.
Aileen Alton
In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.
Betty Smith
A mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New England fishing village.
Georgie May
Code of the West (1925)
Lois Ingals
Having a municipal position, Bernard Ingals has almost bankrupted himself sending his three children to college. The youngsters all arrive home for Christmas Eve, and their parents do their utmost to give them a good time, but the thoughtless and selfish children make other plans and go to a party, leaving their parents to a lonely dinner. A member of the common council arrives at the Ingals home and orders Bernard to reinstate a municipal employee who has been dismissed; Bernard refuses and submits his resignation. The grandmother, a strong-minded old lady, then sets out to put things right: she stakes Bernard to his life-long dream, a greenhouse of his own, and then lectures the children on their thoughtless and profligate ways. The children reform and get jobs, and the goose hangs high at last.
Madge Clayton, his sister
Madge Clayton, a society girl, mysteriously disappears. The police suspect a master criminal is behind the girl's abduction, but her brother, Bob, and fiancé, Bert Moore, help with the search. They unearth a scheme to kidnap another girl, Natalie Van Cleef, and the evidence takes Bob and Bert to an estate on Long Island.
Annette Sherman
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.
Elise Bascom
Men try to understand the women in their lives.
Edith
Chorus Girl
A cautionary tale for aspiring flappers. Five of six reels survive.
Unborn soul
