Anita Page
Nacimiento : 1910-08-04, Flushing, New York, USA
Muerte : 2008-09-06
Historia
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Anita Page (August 4, 1910 – September 6, 2008), born Anita Evelyn Pomares, was an American film actress who reached stardom in the last years of the silent film era. She became a highly popular young star, reportedly receiving the most fan mail of anyone on the MGM lot. Page was referred to as "a blond, blue-eyed Latin" and "the girl with the most beautiful face in Hollywood" in the 1920s. She retired from acting in 1936 at the age of 23.
In a 2004 interview with author Scott Feinberg, Page claimed that her refusal to meet demands for sexual favors by MGM head of production Irving Thalberg, supported by studio chief Louis B. Mayer, is what truly ended her career. She said that Mayer colluded with the other studio bosses to ban her and other uncooperative actresses from finding work.
Page returned to acting sixty years later in 1996, and appeared in four films in the 2000s. She died in September 2008 at the age of 98.
Elizabeth Frankenstein
A modern day descendent of Frankenstein becomes obsessed with his ancestor's work and seeks to replicate them and create a living man from lifeless tissue.
Self
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.
Anita Kroger
Stefan learns that his invalid grandmother was the nurse/lover of Nazi doctor Franz Kindler and that she removed his brain when the Nazis were losing WW2. Unable to successfully perform a transplant on test subjects, she needs Stefan to carry on for her now that her health is failing.
Sister Seraphina
Three drama students revive three witches, who want to open a gate to hell; Will Spanner and Kelly get involved, while Detectives Lutz and Garner investigate.
Herself
Framed by interviews with real life celebrities, Hollywood Mortuary tells the tale of a horror make-up artist who, in 1941 Hollywood, uses voodoo to resurrect two rival horror stars (thinly disguised versions of Karloff and Lugosi) from the dead to help revive his fading career.
Herself
Two-part anthology featuring resurrected zombie actors and a young woman whose murderous dreams may become reality.
Anita Bronson
A struggling screenwriter finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation.
(archive footage)
Una recopilación de los momentos más divertidos de las comedias MGM.
Nun
The adventures of a young boy who runs away from an orphanage on a search to find his father.
Claudia Revelle
A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.
Jean St. Clair
A girl with a shady past is picked by a playwright to be the star of his newest play.
Lilian Langley
Un circo al borde de la quiebra decide salvarse montando un número con leones y tigres por primera vez.
Natalie
Soldiers of the Storm is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman.
Doris Evans
Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her brother is in prison for.
Helen Praskins Warren
La matriarca de una familia de banqueros lidera a su clan durante una crisis económica.
Jenny LeGrande
Un empresario no permite que nada se interponga en su camino en la adquisición de un edificio de oficinas de 100 pisos.
Mary Thomas
Un juez y su amante son investigados bajo sospechas de corrupción.
Larry Barnes
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.
Sophie
Un rico productor teatral atrae a una joven chica desesperada a su apartamento. La inocente chica no se da cuenta que el lujurioso productor está planeando hacer algo más que tomar una copa con ella.
Herself
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.
Margie
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
Self (uncredited)
A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak to several actors, primarily Buster Keaton, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford and Heinrich George. Then they meet Adolphe Menjou, who rehearses a long scene in German. A final scene shows stars arriving at a film premiere, including Jean Harlow, Norma Shearer and Wallace Beery.
Ruth Corrigan
Jack vive a lo grande y desea casarse con Marjorie. De pronto, se entera de que su padre no murió, sino que está agonizando. Le alejó de su vida veinte años antes para mantenerle al margen de las bandas, pero ahora quiere dividir el negocio entre Jack y su otro hijo. Parte del negocio consiste en pasar bebida de contrabando desde Canadá.
Peg Murdock Feliki
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.
Vivian Truffle
Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.
Joy Meadows
Untrained, volunteer Nurses from America treat Allied soldiers behind and on the lines in France. They face the horrors of war, fight off the attentions of soldiers and face their own loneliness.
Isabel
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
Connie Blair
Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Gerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Gerry is the sensible one, but the others throw themselves at amoral rich men in an attempt to hook one and better themselves. They end up being hurt and disappointed despite Gerry's attempts to warn them.
Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
Genevieve Jones
Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.
Elvira
Anita gana un concurso de belleza local, cuyo premio es un viaje a Hollywood para convertirse en estrella de cine, por lo que viaja a dicha ciudad en compañía de su madre y de Elmer, este en calidad de agente de la joven. Además ambos se aman, pero Elmer no tiene cabida en los planes de la madre. En el viaje conocen a una estrella de cine que presenta a Anita a los directivos de la MGM. Mientras Elmer también trabaja para convertir a Anita en estrella. El estrellato llega, ¿pero a quién?
Herself
Reginald Denny hosts. Reginald Denny presents a performance by a famed female impersonator Julian Eltinage. Anita Page and Julia Faye discuss the latest fashions for women. Bobby Vernon attempts to provide musical entertainment.
Alice
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.
Self
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Patricia 'Pat' Bonner
Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the track, Bill sees Pat Bannon, and tries his best to impress her, but to no avail. On his way to catch a flight, he tricks Pat into taking him to the airport and she gets even by taking him up in a plane. He hates to fly, but will not show her that he is afraid and when the plane breaks up, he is a hero for rescuing her. This gets him publicity and Renny offers him his car to drive in the Indianapolis 500. Bill breaks with Mac to drive the car and puts it on the pole for the race. Then Renny double crosses Bill and plans to drive the car himself since Bill has tuned it so well.
Kentucky
Young vivacious Billie uses her charms on influential businessman Glenn Abbott in hopes of getting her secret fiancée Gil a diplomatic appointment. Meanwhile Gil's affections meander to beautiful ingenue Kentucky, Billie's best friend.
Queenie Mahoney
Queenie y Hank son dos hermanas que buscan triunfar en Broadway como cantantes y bailarinas. Queenie se enamora de Eddie Kearns, pero él prefiere a Hank, y se vuelven pareja. Con la ayuda de Eddie empiezan una carrera en los escenarios de vodevil... El primer gran musical de la historia del cine (recién estrenado el cine sonoro, en 1927) obtuvo el Oscar a la mejor película (recién creados los premios de la Academia en 1928). (FILMAFFINITY)
Anita Hastings
Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.
Bit Role (uncredited)
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Self (1929)
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
Ann 'Annikins'
Ben Blaine, un apuesto y joven millonario, es asediado por dos jovencitas. Ellas juegan a conquistarlo asumiendo roles opuestos a su verdadera personalidad. Diana, una chica de buenos sentimientos, se vuelve frívola y calculadora. Ann, es amoral, vana y se torna dulce y considerada.
Ben elige a Ann y se casan. Diana, perpleja y desesperada, trata de no seguir pensando en Ben pero el destino les depara una sorpresa que vuelve a reunirlos.
Chrystal Malone
Película muda de Sam Wood y la primera que rodó la Metro. Contó con la participación de William Haines (Memory Lane) y Anita Page (La melodía de Broadway). Es un film perdido del que a penas se conocen copias.
Myrtle Sullivan
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
(uncredited)
Mame Walsh promised their mother on her deathbed to look after little sister Janie. But Janie helps herself to everything of her sister's, be it her clothes or her men - even the money entrusted to her by fellow employees at the store they work at. Regardless, Mame can't break her promise. So when it comes to getting Janie out of trouble, big sister comes to the rescue.
An adaption of a novel by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
