Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
Self (archive footage)
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
(archive footage)
This tribute to Myrna Loy is organized chronologically with a few photographs, many film clips, a handful of personal appearances, and a detailed commentary delivered on camera by Kathleen Turner. Turner walks us through Loy's career as a dancer and an actress miscast as an exotic. She comes into her own as a grown-up women: shrewd, funny, decorous, and sexy - in "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Thin Man." Her volunteer work during World War II, later stage work, and progressive politics come in for admiration as well. It's her style - seen best in her roles as a wife of charm and independence - that's captured and celebrated here.
Self (archive footage)
In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy's personal and professional life that features intimate personal accounts, interviews and clips from his most acclaimed work on the silver screen.
(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.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Harry Hope
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
Mayor Jeff Parks
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
Dr. Alex Favor
아파치의 손에 길러진 존 러셀(John Russell: 폴 뉴만 분)은 옴브레라는 이름으로 더 많이 알려져 있다. 어느 날 러셀은 역마차를 타고 아리조나로 향하게 되는데 그 마차에는 마차를 모는 헨리 멘데스(Mendez: 마틴 발삼 분)와 인디안 보호구역의 대리인인 페이버 박사(Alexander Faver: 프레데릭 마치 분), 그의 부인 오드라(Audra Favor: 바바라 러시 분), 그리고 거친 인생을 산 제시(Jessie: 다이안 시렌토 분)라는 여인, 나이 어린 부부 빌리(Billy Lee Blake: 피터 레이저 분)와 그의 아내 도리스(Doris: 마가렛 블레이 분), 그리고 승객으로 위장한 악당 그라임즈(Cicero Grimes: 리차드 분 분)가 함께 타고 있었다. 여행 중 그들이 탄 마차는 마을 보안관이 가세한 강도 일당에게 털리고, 인디언을 속여 부정하게 모든 돈을 가지고 도망을 가려던 페이버 박사의 부인인 오드라가 납치된다. 악당들이 모든 것을 빼앗고 떠나는 순간 러셀은 악당 중 보안관과 돈 가방을 든 두 명을 쏘고 산 속으로 동행인들과 함께 숨어든다.
President Jordan Lyman
인기 없는 미국 대통령이 상원 의원을 통해 핵 군축 조약을 체결하려 하지만, 국민들이 그에게서 등을 돌렸다는 것을 발견한다. 해병대 대령 케이시는 합동 참모 본부에서 광범위한 인기를 얻고 있고, 2 년 안에 대통령 후보가 유력시 되는 스콧 장군이 그때까지 기다릴 계획 없다는 증거를 찾는다. 케이시는 정보를 가지고 대통령에게 간다. 그리고 신뢰의 확신이 서지 않는 양쪽과 음모의 망을 치기 시작하는데...
Albrecht von Gerlach
A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family's shipbuilding empire. There, the daughter-in-law stumbles upon a secret of the family's Nazi past.
Count Vronsky (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
Dr. Joseph Pearson
An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.
Matthew Harrison Brady
테네시주의 작은 마을, 고등학교 과학 교사 버트램 케이츠가 주(州) 법을 어겨 재판을 받게 된다. 케이츠가 금기인 다윈의 진화론을 아이들에게 가르쳤기 때문이다. 저명한 정치가이자 보수적인 근본주의자 매튜 브래디가 검찰 측을 지원하고 나선다. 한편, 역시 유명한 변호사이며, 논쟁적인 법의식을 가진 브래디의 라이벌 헨리 드러먼드가 케이츠의 변호를 맡는다. 창조론과 진화론이 맞붙은 이 뜨겁고 치열한 법정 공방에 언론의 관심까지 집중되며, 마을을 넘어 미 전역이 들썩이게 된다. 1925년에 실제로 일어났던 세기의 ‘원숭이 재판’을 소재로 한 희곡을 각색한 작품. 크레이머는 창조론과 진화론이 충돌한 이 사건을 매카시즘을 논할 매개로써 활용했으며, 영화를 통해 지적인 담론을 이어간다. 이후 여러 차례 TV 드라마로 리메이크되기도 했다.
Narrator
Another version of the Dickens classic
Jerry Kingsley
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
Arthur Winslow
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Albert Schweitzer (voice)
This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go to French Equatorial Africa and build his jungle hospital. The latter half of the film encompasses a full day in the hospital-village, following the octogenarian Samaritan in his daily rounds.
Himself / Narrator
An old Bedouin tells the story of the twenty-three year old Prince Abdul Aziz ibn Saud’s daring raid on Riyadh to geologists exploring the deserts of Saudi Arabia.
Ralph Hopkins
Solan Wilson의 베스트셀러를 영화화한 이 영화는 많은 남성과 그 가족에게 동조하는, 전후의 희망과 꿈을 소재로 한 설득력 있는 스토리를 담고 있다. 그레고리 펙이 시시한 일을 그만두고 보다 유망한 모험의 세계로 들어서는 노망난 남편이자 아버지의 역으로 주연하였다. 직장에서의 긴장과 아내와의 불화가 늘어가자 승승장구 하던 젊은 간부는 자신의 상사가 그랬던 것 처럼 인생에서 가족과 성공 중 어떤 것이 더 중요한지 결정하지 않을 수 없게된다. 성공이란 언제나 흑과 백으로 나누어지는 그런것이 아니다. 어떤 자는 집요하게 일과 성공을 추구한다. 또다른 자는 자신의 존엄성과 훌륭한 가족을 지킨다. 과연 톰은 어떤 사람일까?
Philip of Macedonia
위대한 정복자로 불리는 알렉산더 대왕의 이야기.
Daniel C. Hilliard
4년 전 고의적으로 경찰을 살해하고 투항했던 글렌 그리핀이 교도소를 탈출한다. 그리핀의 동생 할과 조비시란 죄수가 합세해 간수를 때려 눕히고 탈출에 성공한 이 세 사람은 한적한 주택가를 은신처로 삼아 어느 집에 침입한다. 갑작스런 탈주범들의 기습에 아내와 남편, 딸 그리고 어린 아들은 인질로 잡히고 이들은 자정까지 여자친구가 돈을 가져오면 떠날 거라 위협한다. 이에 족을 지키기 위한 가장과 탈주범들 사이에 불꽃 튀는 대결이 펼쳐진다.
Rear Adm. George Tarrant
동해에서 작전 중인 미해군 항모의 항공대에 어려운 임무가 부여된다. 수차례의 공습에도 불구하고 험준한 지형과 그물같은 대공방어망에 의해서 난공불락으로 버티고 있는 북괴군의 주요 보급로인 도곡리의 철교를 폭격하라는 것이었다. 홀든이 이끄는 비행대는 비같이 쏟아지는 대공포를 뚫고 결사적인 돌입을 감행하여 드디어 철교를 명중시킨다. 돌아오는 길에 그는 2차목표에 대한 공격을 하다가 그만 적탄에 맞아 낙하를 한다. 동료들이 방어를 해주는 가운데 필사적으로 구조대를 기다리던 홀든은 그만 북괴군의 총탄에 쓰러지고 만다.
Loren Phineas Shaw
When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Ebenezer Scrooge
A Christmas Carol was written in London by Charles Dickens in 1843. Since that time it has been the subject of countless adaptations for theatrical productions, radio, film, television, and even the opera! This musical version, adapted by Maxwell Anderson for the television show Shower of Stars, features Fredric March (The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit) as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge, who's redemption comes after a ghostly night-time journey through his Christmas Past, Present and Future, and March received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal. The great Basil Rathbone (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) co-stars as the ghost of Scrooge's dead partner Jacob Marley, in what many consider to be the best and most chilling portrayal of Marley ever.
Karel Cernik
Elia Kazan's 1953 film stars Fredric March as the owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia who plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him. The cast also includes Gloria Grahame, Terry Moore, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Boone and Adolphe Menjou.
Willy Loman
Willy Loman is an aging salesman who was recently fired from his job. Dealing with feelings of failure, Willy begins to relive events from the past that involve his older son, Biff, and his wife, Linda. Willy tries to learn from past mistakes and works to make amends with his family, but his biggest struggle is to make peace with himself over a failed dream of financial success.
Joe Esposito
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
Narrator (voice)
The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins with his earliest artworks, and follows his life and career as he achieves lasting fame. The documentary includes detailed looks at some of the artist's most renowned creations.
Oscar Jaffe
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Judge Calvin Cooke
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.
Marcus Hubbard
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Al Stephenson
프레드와 호머는 제2차 세계대전 참전 용사들로 전쟁이 끝나고 귀향하는 길에 만나 친구가 된다. 그들은 집에 돌아간다는 기쁨에 들뜨면서도 한편으로 가족과 사회에 적응해야 한다는 두려움에 사로잡힌다. 또한 항공모함의 화재로 두 손을 잃고 불구가 된 호모는 사랑하는 애인과 가족이 자기의 이런 모습을 어떻게 받아들일지 초조해한다. 고향으로 돌아온 첫날, 세 사람은 호머의 삼촌이 경영하는 술집에서 우연히 다시 만나 즐거운 한 때를 보내고 술에 만취한 프레드는 알의 집에까지 가서 자게 된다. 그 다음날 아침, 아내와 반가운 재회를 한 프레드는 그녀와의 새 삶을 꿈꾼다. 프레드는 나이트 클럽에 다니고 있는 아내를 설득해 일을 그만두게 하고 자신이 일을 구해보려 하지만 생각과는 달리 쉽게 취직을 하지 못해 고민한다. 한편, 호머는 가족들이 자신을 정상인으로 바라보지 않고 동정어린 시선으로 바라본다고 생각하며 가족을 피해 겉돈다. 또한 사랑하는 윌마를 회피하고 그녀를 떠나보내려고 한다.
Mike Frame
German boy Emil comes to live with his American uncle who tries to teach the former Hitler Youth to reject Nazism.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
Narrator (voice)
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
Jonathan / Nathaniel / Samuel / Wallace Wooley
Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to marry his sponsor's daughter.
Luke Drake
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to quickly discover the divorce was not valid. She communicates this information to her not-yet ex-husband and he, to prevent consummation of the invalid marriage rescues her by sending plumbers, waiters, porters, chambermaids, bellhops, desk clerks, exterminators and, finally, a crowd of roistering conventioneers to the suite to ensure no bedtime story would take place there
William Spence
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Josef Steiner
An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
Hendrik Heyst
A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
Self (archive footage)
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Barrie Trexel
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Self
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.
Narration (voice)
The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees walk, stumble, crawl to escape the destruction of their cities... While in the China of tradition, water buffalo still work the paddies and camels cross the desert, modern China is now a republic founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, with modern schools, heavy industry, large engineering projects... The government of Chiang Kai-shek resists the Japanese invasion from the coast. Madame Chiang receives a cheque from the U.S.A. for war relief. War production continues in distant villages safe from the grasp of the Japanese. With modern weapons the Chinese are pursuing their struggle behind enemy lines. And still their opponent persists in his reprisal bombings of civilian targets. "Will these people win?"
Sam Wye
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Bill Spencer
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Jean Lafitte
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Wallace "Wally" Cook
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Norman Maine
인기가 떨어져가는 남자배우가 장래가 촉망되는 신인 여배우를 도와주다가 사랑을 하게 되고 결국 결혼까지 하게되지만, 자신의 실패에 대한 강박관념으로 자꾸만 사고를 일으키게 되자 그녀의 장래를 위해서 스스로 죽음을 택하게 되는데...
Himself
Time marches on.
Lieutenant Michel Denet
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche. Written by Ed Stephan
Anthony Adverse
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
Bothwell
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Narrated documentary of the making of Anthony Adverse (1936), featuring many clips from the actual film.
Alan Trent
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
Count Vronsky
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
Jean Valjean / Champmathieu
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Prince Dmitri Nekhlyudov
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Robert Browning
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
Benvenuto Cellini
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Prince Sirki / Death
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
Mace Townsley
A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can help her get out of town.
Don Ellis
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.
Tom Chambers
광고미술을 하는 길다는 파리행 기차에서 젊은 예술가 조지와 토마스를 만난다. 두 청년은 동시에 길다의 매력에 빠지고, 그녀를 사랑하게 된다. 두 청년 중 한 명을 선택할 수 없던 길다는 그들의 친구이자 뮤즈가 되어 셋이 함께 지내자고 제안한다. 그러나 그들의 플라토닉러브는 유통기한이 그리 길지 않고, 그들의 관계에는 균열이 생긴다.
노엘 카워드의 동명희곡을 각색한 작품으로, 루비치는 세 남녀의 모호한 관계를 통해 할리우드의 도덕성을 꼬집는다.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
Jerry H. Young
The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.
Sabien Pastal
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
Kenneth Wayne / Jeremy
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
Self
In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master of ceremonies, Fredric March, brings on the various acts, starting with a pre-teen Mitzi Green), dressed as an adult and singing "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" , followed by Ginger Rogers and Jack Oakie singing-and-dancing to "The Girl Who Used to be You." Then the Three Brox Sisters do a triple imitation of Marlene Dietrich singing 'Falling in Love Again." 'Jack Duffy' does a drunken hillbilly bit involving a lamp post, the the finale has Eddie Peabody, playing a banjo for some chorus girls on a pedestal.
Himself (uncredited)
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
Jerry Corbett
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
Buddy Drake / Arthur Drake
Fredric March essays a dual role in this story of a ne'er-do-well who impersonates his brother when the latter dies.
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
Dick Grady
A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where she becomes a successful business woman and meets wealthy businessman, Harry Davenport. He knows nothing of her past. Then someone from the past shows up. Will she be exposed? Will she follow through on her plan to marry?
Rudek Berken
In this crime drama, a Prague DA must close down a house of prostitution masquerading as a cafe. He sends the owner's daughter to a nurse's home until her mother is released. When the happy day comes, he goes to visit them, but is attacked by the doorman, who is in love with the daughter and jealous of the DA. The DA kills him in self-defense but is acquitted when the daughter delivers a highly emotional speech professing her love for him.
Jerry Stafford
월 스트리트 사업가 제리는 유능한 비서 줄리아와 진지한 관계를 맺길 원하지만, 줄리아에게는 약혼자 필립이 있다. 제리의 구애를 뿌리친 줄리아는 필립과의 결혼을 서두르고, 더 이상 줄리아와 함께 일할 수 없다고 생각한 제리는 그녀를 해고한다. 1년 후 줄리아를 만난 제리는 그녀에게 다시 반하고, 둘 사이에 대해 의혹을 품고 있던 필립은 해서는 안 될 짓을 벌이고 만다. 떠오르는 스타였던 클로데트 콜베르의 지적인 매력이 스크린을 가득 채운다.
Tony Cavendish
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.
Paul Lockridge
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.
Dan O'Bannon
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she learns about a life and people she had never even imagined existed before.
Bull's Eye McCoy
Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets her eyes on Bull's Eye McCoy a gunner who refuses to settle down.
Dwight Howell
The movie stars George Bancroft, Mary Astor and Fredric March who are all excellent in their roles. The story begins as Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an Italian immigrant who has battled his way to success as a New York building contractor, decides to embark on a social career.
Marine
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, credits 11 directors
Howard Vanning
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him.
Martin Boyne
A delightful pre-code cocktail recipe. Take three couples (add gin and tonic), their several divorces and the seven children/stepchildren of their intermarriages and blend thoroughly, and you have a mixture a too-young-to-believe Frederic March will try to straighten out.
Gregory Pyne
Moore plays the "dual" role of a French singer in America who was originally an American chorus girl in France to acquire a new persona.
Pierre
Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an affair she had with Rigaud, an elderly boulevardier who bought the shop for her.
Jim Hutton
Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Complications arise when these ideals are put into practice.
Richard Hardell
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated, Helen MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
James Gilmore
Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until Stella proves she is decent by shielding an innocent girl and winning the professor's respect.
Trumbull Meredith
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.
Bal Masque Participant (uncredited)
Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, while viewing a new painting, "The Martyr--Truth Crucified by Evil." Marie declares that the picture was wrong--evil could never triumph over truth--and though Muller says he agrees with her, he plots to prove otherwise.
Man (uncredited)
Larry and Barbara, both the products of rich but broken homes, plan a marriage of convenience. He really loves Marcia, a dancer, and Barbara vamps Keith, an architect. Keith's good sense prevails, and he marries Marcia and helps Larry make a man of himself. Barbara, after an unsuccessful attempt at an acting career, returns and asks forgiveness.
Man (uncredited)
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.
Man (uncredited)
An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
