Frank Morgan

Este documental desgrana la vida y filmografía de esta artista que comenzó su carrera en las postrimerías de la época de cine mudo y que se convirtió en una gran estrella admirada en todo el mundo. Nunca fue nominada al Oscar pero recibió uno honorífico en 1990 a toda su carrera.

Documentary about the making of the 1939 MGM classic film The Wizard of Oz. Includes interviews of cast and crew members, their families and fans of the film.

La Metro Goldwyn Mayer celebró su 50º aniversario haciendo una recopilación de sus mejores clásicos musicales y entrevistando a sus protagonistas.

A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.

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...

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.

Adaptación de la novela de Dostoiesvki "El jugador". Un hombre se debate entre su pasión por el juego y las buenas intenciones de quien intenta alejarlo de él.

Narra la historia de un legendario jugador de béisbol, un pitcher de los White Sox de Chicago, que perdió una pierna en un accidente de caza cuando estaba en lo más alto de su carrera.

Francia, siglo XVII. D'Artagnan, un joven y valeroso gascón, viaja a París con la intención de ingresar en la compañía de los mosqueteros del rey, a cuyo frente está el señor de Treville. En el camino tiene un mal encuentro con el conde de Rochefort y Milady De Winter, ambos colaboradores del cardenal Richelieu, primer ministro de Luis XIII (1610-1643). Una vez en la capital, tiene la mala suerte de enfrentarse a los más valerosos y fieles mosqueteros del Rey: Athos, Porthos y Aramis.

Versión cinematográfica de la obra de Eugene O'Neill 'Tierras vírgenes' (Ah, Wilderness!) en la que Mickey Rooney interpreta a Richard Miller, un joven de un barrio de clase media de Danville, Connecticut, que vive con su familia y se enamora de la chica de al lado, Muriel. El padre de ella se opondrá a la relación pues el joven no dejará de compartir con su amada sus ideas revolucionarias.

Melodrama de época en el que dos hermanas están secretamente enamoradas del mismo hombre. Una estúpida confusión hace que William tenga que casarse en contra de su voluntad, con la que él no ama. Esto hará cambiar el destino de todos, causándoles amargas desdichas.

Lassie es llamada a filas cuando estalla la II Guerra Mundial, y tras un duro entrenamiento realiza acciones heroicas en el frente. Pero su carácter ahora es diferente...

A woman marries a gambler with the hopes of reforming him, but things don't quite work out the way she planned.

A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their family from the hereafter.

A un imaginario país sudamericano llega un estafador en busca de alguna oportunidad. Allí seduce a una ingenua heredera haciéndose pasar por su ángel de la guarda. Lo que no esperaba era que sus sentimientos hacia ella cambiasen tan rápidamente. (FILMAFFINITY)

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains in their entirety the shorts, "Musical Masterpieces," "Our Old Car," and "Badminton," as well as clips from other projects)

Un califa decide vivir de incógnito entre los habitantes de su reino para saber lo que piensan realmente. Así conoce a una joven de la que se enamora; pero las diferencias sociales son tan profundas que el califa no sabe si debe desvelar su verdadera identidad.

Casanova Q. Brown, profesor de historia de una pequeña ciudad, está a punto de casarse con Magde Ferris, cuando recibe noticias de Isabel, su anterior esposa, que le comunica que es padre de un niño.

Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Susan y John se casan muy enamorados, pero, al estallar la guerra, él tiene que ir al frente. Después de su muerte en combate, Susan se queda en Inglaterra criando a su hijo. El muchacho, al igual que su padre, se hace militar y cuando estalla la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) también participará en la contienda.

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Cuando su hermano mayor se va a la guerra, el entrañable Homer Macauley se queda al cuidado de su madre y de su hermano pequeño. El chico trabaja en la oficina de telégrafos del pueblo y, de cuando en cuando, la familia recibe noticias de la guerra.

El joven Eddy (Gene Kelly) intenta montar un espectáculo musical y en el proceso se enamora de la bella Kathryn (Kathryn Grayson), la hija de un coronel.

Harry Witzel administra una plantación de caucho perdida en una selva africana. Recibe con poco entusiasmo a su nuevo ayudante, Mr Langford, con la certeza de que éste no soportará la vida en la plantación. A pesar de las advertencias de Witzel, el recién llegado sucumbirá a los encantos de Tondelayo, una hermosa, a la par que mezquina, nativa.

Danny, un pobre mexicano-norteamericano del norte de California, hereda dos casas de su abuelo que son rápidamente aprovechadas por sus amigos vagabundos.

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

Candy Johnson es un estafador y timador de lengua viperina. Candy Johnson prospera hasta ser el jefe mafioso de Yellow Creek, pero el padre alcohólico de su esposa tratará de poner las cosas en su sitio.

An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.

A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.

Dos amigos que pretenden hacerse ricos con el negocio del petróleo en los campos de Oklahoma, comienzan a tener problemas cuando se enamoran de la misma mujer.

Victor Roth es un profesor universitario que vive tranquilamente con su familia en un pequeño pueblo del sur de los Alpes alemanes. Pero, cuando Hitler llega al poder (1933), los Roth, como todas las familias de origen judío, se ven obligados a separarse. Además Roth ve cómo su carrera se arruina y cómo sus hijos varones apoyan el nacionalsocialismo. En cambio, su hija Freya (Sullavan) y su prometido Martin (Stewart) ven con claridad meridiana que la única salida es huir del país.

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.

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive. Director William Thiele's 1940 film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton, Harold Huber, Donald Meek, Nat Pendleton, Renie Riano, Frank Albertson, Reginald Owen, Ann Morriss and Richard Carle.

Johnny Brett y King Shaw son dos ambiciosos bailarines que buscan la fama en Broadway, y que trabajan como empleados en el café de una sala de espectáculos. Uno de ellos es elegido para el papel principal de un gran musical, pero se confunden de nombres y escogen al compañero. Desde entonces son rivales en la carrera hacia el éxito...

Alfred Kralik es el tímido jefe de vendedores de Matuschek y Compañía, una tienda de Budapest. Todas las mañanas, los empleados esperan juntos la llegada de su jefe, Hugo Matuschek. A pesar de su timidez, Alfred responde al anuncio de un periódico y mantiene un romance por carta. Su jefe decide contratar a una tal Klara Novak en contra de la opinión de Alfred. En el trabajo, Alfred discute constantemente con ella, sin sospechar que es su corresponsal secreta.

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.

La huérfana Dorothy Gale vive una vida sencilla en Kansas con su tía Emma Clara Blandick, su tío Henry y tres pintorescos peones: Hunk, Zeke y Hickory. Un día la severa vecina Miss Gulch es mordida por el perro de Dorothy, Toto. Miss Gulch se lo lleva, por orden del sheriff, a pesar de las apasionadas protestas de tía Emma y el tío Henry. Toto escapa y regresa junto a Dorothy, la cual se alegra momentáneamente, pero pronto se da cuenta de que Miss Gulch regresará. Decide llevarse a Toto y fugarse en busca de una vida mejor 'en algún lugar sobre el arco iris'.

Hale y Jimmy Seymour son una pareja que trabaja en en pequeños clubes nocturnos con la esperanza de tener éxito. Una noche, Larry Bryant (un productor de Broadway) ve a Mary y se enamora de su belleza y su voz. Larry Bryant le pide que haga una audición para el Sr. Collier y que Jimmy la acompañe. Después de escuchar a Mary, Collier quiere que Mary esté en su show. Jimmy anima a una Mary reacia a seguir el camino sin él.

Una pareja ha logrado un gran éxito en Broadway con su musical Sweethearts. Tras seis años en cartelera, los dos se ven tentados por una exquisita oferta para trabajar en el cine, lo que cambiará sus vidas.

Un joven boxeador se ve atrapado entre un mafioso y un mal padre cuando empieza a salir con la hija del jefe, aunque ella no sabe cómo su padre se gana la vida.

En el puerto de Marsella, Honoré Panisse está enamorado de la preciosa Madelon. Panisse suele jugar a las cartas con César, padre de Marius, el muchacho de quien Madelon está enamorada. Un día, Marius le envía a Madelon una nota diciéndole que se embarca durante tres años. Panisse pide la mano de Madelon una vez más. Ella descubre que está embarazada y va a explicarle por qué no se puede casar con él, pero finalmente Madelon accede al matrimonio por el bien del niño. Un año después, Marius regresa inesperadamente.

A businessman mingles with German laborers to learn more about their lives.

El cadete de West Point, Dick Thorpe, se enamora de una chica, que resulta ser una princesa de un reino europeo.

We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.

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.

Una joven le promete a su padre que va a dejar el juego y las carreras de caballos, pero no puede mantener su promesa, ya que ha hipotecado su herencia por culpa de un conocido jugador por el que se siente fuertemente atraída.

Un agente secreto polaco y una agente secreta rusa se infiltran en la Nobleza mientras llevan a cabo sus planes. Pero tras conocerse, se acabarán enamorando.

A chic jewel thief in England falls in love with one of her marks.

Shirley Temple vive con el abuelo de bolsillo en la ciudad de Nueva York del siglo XIX. Ella entretiene a la multitud mientras él trabaja su raqueta. Una mujer rica hace posible que la niña se haga legítima. Se realiza "Cabina del tío Tom".

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.

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London discovers the existence of a secret society called The Suicide Club, and so he seeks to become a member.

Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.

Desde sus comienzos como anunciante de feria, Florenz Ziegfeld consiguió ganar y perder en la vida antes de enamorar locamente a su esposa Anna Held.

A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.

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...

A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.

Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a penny. He then meets an American heiress & marries her but finds she has been disinherited as well. They find even more trouble in the shape of the American's cousin.

Marie de Namours de la Bonfain es una atractiva, joven y sofisticada princesa francesa de 23 años, que encuentra más interesante el amor que los títulos aristocráticos.

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.

Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in her life she rents an old Italian mansion and sharing it with three women. Here the four women plan to spend the month of April away from the cares of home, husbands and the everyday monotony.

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.

A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.

A young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market crashes.

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Tres generaciones de vodeviles luchan por el estrellato en el escenario y en la pantalla.

Cuando dos mujeres se reúnen para discutir sobre los personajes de un libro que una de ellas está escribiendo, se dan cuenta de que ambas están enamoradas del mismo hombre... al igual que los personajes de la propia novela.

Buddy Rogers and Marian Nixon playing the grown children of feuding German-Americans Frank Morgan and Joseph Cawthorn. Romance blossoms between Rogers and Nixon, while Morgan and Cawthorn continue muttering Teutonic imprecations at one another.

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.

This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.

El jefe de un grupo de vagabundos del Central Park mejora su aspecto, del que no reniega, por el amor que siente por una joven que ha perdido la memoria. Cuando ella la recupera, él se convierte, de nuevo, en vagabundo.

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved with the boss's daughter.

A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.

La policía utiliza los servicios de un ladrón para localizar a su novia, que ha sido secuestrada. Al mismo tiempo, un exiliado ruso desquiciado afirma que su pupila es Anastasia, la última superviviente de la familia del zar.

A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.

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.

The two partners of a ladies' garter business are constantly feuding with each other. When they ask their lawyer to dissolve their partnership, he proposes that instead the two of them play a single poker hand: the loser to become the winner's personal manservant for a year.

Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. While performing her boop-a-doop songs, Eustace Macy, the saxophone-tooting nephew of Mrs. Benson falls in love with Nan. And, then, the villain, the bank-robbing Doc Foster, makes his entrance. Can Dawes of the Royal Mounted be seen slushing in pursuit behind the gangster? Could Be.

A classic comedy short starring Penny Singleton and Frank Morgan.

Love's Greatest Mistake is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Evelyn Brent. The film is now lost.

Heroine Fidele Tridon has grown up with the knowledge that her father has promised her in marriage to Baron Kurt Badeau. When Fidele comes of age, the Baron shows up expecting to claim his young bride. In the interim, however, Fidele has fallen in love with wealthy horseman Philip Collett.

Alfred E.Green silent family relationship romantic melodrama

Telephone operator Peggy, puts on an act with Matt Wilde at a Bowery amateur night and is seen by Billy Laidlaw, who becomes convinced of her talents. Billy subsequently arranges for the Broadway debut of the act and falls in love with Peggy, who wholeheartedly returns his affection. When the World War breaks out, Billy remains unconcerned until his younger brother is killed in action. Billy then immediately enlists and is sent to France; Peggy joins the Red Cross to be with him, and Grace Laidlaw, Billy's wife, also goes to France, working with the Y. M. C. A. Billy is assigned to destroy an ammunition dump, and Peggy learns, after he has left on the mission, that he has been recalled.

When a wealthy young lady leaves the US to visit her aunt in France, her husband falls in love with a "flapper". When the wife returns home, she finds out about her husband's affair. In order to make him jealous, she leads him to believe she has fallen for a jazz musician. However, instead of making him jealous it drives him into depression and he takes refuge in booze and even more affairs.

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...

A rich libertine leaves all his money to a college girl who had refused his advances. The ensuing scandal makes her retire to a small town, where she meets the dead man's son.

Kate Tarleton grows up on a Southern plantation and becomes engaged to her guardian, Dr. Robert Manning, a famous surgeon. When Robert, Kate, and her younger sister Mary Lou visit New York, where the doctor wishes to conduct medical experiments, the superstitious Kate goes to the home of a fortune-teller named Stella Hill. Stella, whose principal business is white slave trafficking, drugs Kate and forces her to work in a "den of vice," run by Stella and her accomplice Jimmy Bristol, where she contracts syphilis and goes insane. Robert, Detective Ellis, and a lawyer named Billy Meredith rescue Kate, who recovers her sanity but remembers nothing of her bondage.

AJ Raffles, a handsome jewel thief masquerades as a gentleman of society fitting in with well-to-do people. He dons a mask and waits for an opportune moment to steal belongings, usually some jewelry and to take advantage of unsuspecting women whether at an estate or aboard a passenger ship. Raffles knows secret passageways to aid his escape from capture such as disappearing into a large grandfather clock that is really a secret doorway. He even eludes capture by jumping off a ship and swimming to shore while women passengers fire pistols at him.

Madge Kennedy plays a young bride whose husband walks out after a quarrel. Hoping to make him come crawling back, Kennedy pretends to have given birth to a baby. Complications ensue when Morgan returns home, demanding to see his new kid.

Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.

Reformers pass a law to force prostitutes out of the Red Light District.

About the year 1900 in a midnight raid on the palace of a Balkan king, emissaries of a great power slay the royal pair, and carry off the infant crown princess. The time shifts to the present. Foreign agents steal the plans of a new shell loaned Great Britain by America. Halkett and Gray, English officers, recover the plans; and the foreign agents endeavor to gain possession of them again.

Joyce's mother keeps her younger daughter in the background so that Polly, the elder daughter, can monopolize all the eligible young men, especially Tom. Although Tom is Polly's choice, she decides to pique his interest by flirting with Harry. Joyce, who likes Tom herself, decides to defeat her sister's plan by having Tom pretend that he likes her. Soon, the pretense turns to love and Tom proposes to Joyce. To test his sincerity, Joyce jumps into shark-infested waters and almost loses her life. Tom visits her constantly in the hospital and finds that his operation on her heart was quite successful.

To assuage his grief over the death of his wife during childbirth, newspaper publisher John Briscoe resettles in Paris. Twenty-five years pass, during which time Briscoe's estranged son Jason has taken charge of his dad's newspaper. When Jason refuses to support crooked politician Stange in an upcoming election, he receives a cablegram from Briscoe Sr., who overrides his son's decision.

The Suspect is a 1916 lost silent film directed by S. Rankin Drew. Set in France and Russia, the plot revolves around the cruelties of Russian Grand Duke Karatoff, known to friends and enemies alike as "the butcher." Sophie, leader of a band of revolutionaries, attempts to assassinate Karatoff but accidentally wounds his son Paul instead.