William A. Wellman

노래에 놀라운 재능을 가졌지만 외모에는 자신이 없는 무명가수 앨리는 공연을 하던 바에서 우연히 술을 마시러 온 톱스타 잭슨 메인을 만나게 된다. 앨리의 매력에 빠지게 된 잭슨은 앨리에게 자신의 삶에 대해 말해주고, 앨리는 그런 잭슨에게 즉석에서 노래를 만들어준다. 다음 날 잭슨은 자신의 공연에 앨리를 불러 관중 앞에서 노래를 부를 기회를 주고, 순식간에 앨리는 유명해진다. 잭슨의 도움으로 앨리는 자기 안의 열정을 폭발시키며 최고의 스타로 거듭나지만, 잭슨은 어린 시절의 상처와 예술가적 고뇌 속에서 점점 무너져가는데...

Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.

What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors' copyright? What is their legal status in different countries? (Sequel to “Filmmakers vs. Tycoons.”)

유명한 영화배우이자 가수인 노먼 메인은 부러울게 없는 부와 명예를 지니고 있지만 삶이 권태스럽다. 그는 친구들과 다운비트 클럽에 한잔하러 갔다가 그곳에서 노래하는 무명 가수 에스터의 선천적인 재질을 발견하여 자신의 상대역으로 발탁시킨다. 두 사람은 점차 사랑하는 사이로 발전하고, 비키 에스터라는 이름으로 바꾼 노먼은 팬들의 야유를 무릅쓰고 그녀를 공연에 출연시켜 대성공을 거두어 에스터는 하루 아침에 스타가 된다. 노먼과 에스터는 비밀리에 결혼식을 올리고 스타들이 들끊는 헐리웃을 피하여 네바다주의 사막에다 그들만의 보금자리를 짓는다. 그러나 두 사람의 행복은 오래가지 못하고 인기가 충천한 에스터에 비해 노먼은 슬럼프에 빠져 술과 여자로 세월을 보내는 한편 에스터가 공연으로 집을 비운 사이에 여자를 끌어 들여 에스터에게 들키기도 한다. 그러는 가운데 에스터의 인기는 높아만 가고 미국 최고의 톱가수 위치에 오르지만 노먼은 계속 하락세이다. 노먼은 에스터가 아카데미상을 타던 날 스포츠카를 과속으로 몰다 사고로 죽는다. 남편을 기념하는 공연에서 에스터는 혼신을 다하여 그를 추모하는 노래를 눈물로서 부른다.

Friends and co-workers recall the life of Hollywood screen star Clark Gable.

A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I.

A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I.

A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I.

Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army's 1st Ranger Battalion. Their drilling period is rigorous, but the men find time to romance local women before being deployed to fight the Nazis. U.S. forces battle from French North Africa to Italy, but when a surprise attack decimates the 1st and 3rd Battalions at the Battle of Cisterna, Darby and the 4th Battalion must come to their aid.

An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is "shanghaied" into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.

A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.

연예계의 숨겨진 일화를 그린 영화. 영화배우 겸 가수로 주가를 높이고 있는 노먼 메인은 부와 명예를 지니고 있지만 삶이 권태롭다. 그런 어느 날 친구들과 다운비트 클럽에 갔다가 무명 가수 에스터의 선천적인 재질을 발견, 자신의 상대역으로 발탁시킨다. 두 사람은 점차 사랑하는 사이로 발전하고 비키 에스터라는 이름으로 바꾼 노먼은 팬들의 야유를 무릅쓰고 그녀를 공연에 출연시켜 대성공을 거두어 에스터는 하루 아침에 스타가 된다. 노먼과 에스터는 비밀리에 결혼식을 올리고 네바다 주의 사막에다 그들만의 보금자리를 꾸민다. 하지만 에스터의 인기가 높아 갈수록 노먼은 슬럼프에 빠지게 되면서 두 사람의 행복은 금이 가기 시작하는데...

과거 비극적인 사고 때문에 괴로워하는 베테랑 조장사 댄 로만(존 웨인 역). 사고 이후 한 동안 모습을 보이지 않았던 댄은 노롤룰루에서 샌프란시스코까지의 노선을 왕래하는 비행기의 부기장으로 재임명된다. 하지만 태평양 한 가운데의 회항지대를 지날 무렵 프로펠러가 고장을 일으키면서 비행기 내부에는 공포가 몰려오기 시작하는데...

북극에 인접한 캐나다의 래브라도 지방을 무대로 존 웨인을 비롯한 명배우들이 `Island In The Sky` 대거 참여했다. 2차 세계 대전이 끝난 직후, 물자 수송기를 조종하던 둘리(존 웨인 역)는 어느 날 항로를 잃고 북극 근처의 호수에 불시착한다. 이때부터 수송기에 탑승했던 둘리와 그의 부하들은 살아남기 위한 절박한 몸부림을 시작한다. 그러나 부족한 식량과 제한된 쉼터, 원시적인 무선통신과 언제 몰아닥칠지 모르는 북극의 날씨 앞에서 점점 좌절하고 만다. 한편, 비행 본부에 모여든 동료 조종사들은 이들을 수색하기 위해 지도에도 나와있지 않은 황량하고 살벌한 북극으로의 비행을 서두른다. 로이드 놀란, 월터 아벨, 제임스 아네스, 앤디 디바인, 해리 케리 쥬니어 역시 작품에 참여해 극의 리얼리티를 살려주었다. `Island In The Sky`는 인간의 용기와 희망, 생존 의지를 되돌아보게 만드는 명화이다.

북극에 인접한 캐나다의 래브라도 지방을 무대로 존 웨인을 비롯한 명배우들이 `Island In The Sky` 대거 참여했다. 2차 세계 대전이 끝난 직후, 물자 수송기를 조종하던 둘리(존 웨인 역)는 어느 날 항로를 잃고 북극 근처의 호수에 불시착한다. 이때부터 수송기에 탑승했던 둘리와 그의 부하들은 살아남기 위한 절박한 몸부림을 시작한다. 그러나 부족한 식량과 제한된 쉼터, 원시적인 무선통신과 언제 몰아닥칠지 모르는 북극의 날씨 앞에서 점점 좌절하고 만다. 한편, 비행 본부에 모여든 동료 조종사들은 이들을 수색하기 위해 지도에도 나와있지 않은 황량하고 살벌한 북극으로의 비행을 서두른다. 로이드 놀란, 월터 아벨, 제임스 아네스, 앤디 디바인, 해리 케리 쥬니어 역시 작품에 참여해 극의 리얼리티를 살려주었다. `Island In The Sky`는 인간의 용기와 희망, 생존 의지를 되돌아보게 만드는 명화이다.

In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee with a bad check.

서부 개척시대의 황량한 서부에는 개척자 남성들과 결혼할만한 여인들이 없다. 그래서 그들은 가이드 벅을 고용해 저멀리 동부에서 아내감을 구해와 줄 것을 의뢰한다.

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.

In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.

Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have just about given up on his education because he is an incorrigible student. He gets into one situation after another and incurs the dislike of his classmates, who think he is cowardly but he changes their opinion when he challenges several of them to a fight. When he returns home for the summer, he meets Miss Dolly Travers and increases his 'hatred of women' because she does not accept his schoolboy pranks. Back at school, in the fall, he is more difficult than ever until his philosophy is changed by a teacher.

The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.

바스통에 진을 친 101 사단은 동서남북에서 밀려오는 독일군에 완전히 포위를 당한다. 더군다나 물자도 부족한 상황에서 사력을 다해 분투한다. 1944년 크리스마스까지 3개월간 버틴 끝에 바스통을 사수한 부대는 패튼 장군이 독일군의 포위를 뚫을 때까지 혹한과 물자 부족으로 시달리지만 결국에는 바스통을 지켜낸다.

섹스피어의 폐허의 군도를 서부극으로 만들었다, 그레고리펙과 리챠드 위드마크가 서로 경연하는 서부극의 진수 !

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.

Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States.

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".

Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator's daughter (Maureen O'Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

1885년, 네바다의 어느 작은 마을에 들어선 길과 아트는 술집에 들어가는데, 어쩐지 분위기가 심상치 않다. 가축 도둑들 때문에 신경이 곤두선 마을 사람들은 낯선 사내들인 길과 아트를 경계한다. 때마침, 목장주 킨케이드가 살해당했다는 소식이 들려오는데, 보안관이 없는 사이 무장대를 조직하는 건 불법이라는 판사의 만류에도 불구하고, 분노에 찬 마을 사람들은 무리를 지어 살인자들을 잡으러 나선다. 길과 아트 역시 의심받지 않기 위해 무장대에 합류한다. 발간 당시 ‘올해의 소설’로 선정되기도 했으며, 인간이 정의를 무시한 채 폭력을 선택하면 어떤 일이 일어날 수 있을지에 대한 냉정한 실험정신이 돋보인다는 평을 얻은 월터 반 틸버그 클락의 동명소설을 각색했다. 서부극 장르에서도 묵직한 주제를 다룰 수 있다는 새로운 가능성을 보여준 중요한 작품으로 평가된다.

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.

제스트 3형제 보.딕비 그리고 존은 레이디 브랜든의 부유한 가정에 입양되어 떼어 놓을 수 없는 형제. 형제는 숙원이던 프랑스 외인부대에 입대한다. 그러나 이들 형제들이 보석을 가지고 있다는 정보를 포착한 마르코프 상사는 보석을 빼앗기 위해 우선 딕비를 다른요새로 보낸다. 갑작스런 지휘관의 죽음으로 요새를 지휘하게 된 마르코프 상사는 곧 대규모 아랍부대의 공격을 받는다. 소수의 병력으로 수차례 적의 거센 공격을 막아대는 수비대는 하나 둘씩 다죽어가고 보 역시 총에 맞고 쓰러지는데...

제스트 3형제 보.딕비 그리고 존은 레이디 브랜든의 부유한 가정에 입양되어 떼어 놓을 수 없는 형제. 형제는 숙원이던 프랑스 외인부대에 입대한다. 그러나 이들 형제들이 보석을 가지고 있다는 정보를 포착한 마르코프 상사는 보석을 빼앗기 위해 우선 딕비를 다른요새로 보낸다. 갑작스런 지휘관의 죽음으로 요새를 지휘하게 된 마르코프 상사는 곧 대규모 아랍부대의 공격을 받는다. 소수의 병력으로 수차례 적의 거센 공격을 막아대는 수비대는 하나 둘씩 다죽어가고 보 역시 총에 맞고 쓰러지는데...

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and make him disclose the location of the loot he hid before going to the slammer.

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...

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...

White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane's cousins, Eric and Rita, who want Jane's help in claiming a fortune left her.

Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.

In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.

A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.

Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school Sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.

1차 세계대전 중, 독일군을 잡으러 나섰던 톰은 적군 병사를 생포하지만, 부상을 당한 채 오히려 포로가 된다. 그런데 톰의 동료는 톰을 버려두고 적군 병사를 무사히 인도해 전쟁영웅이 된다. 한편, 독일군 의사는 톰을 치료하면서 모르핀을 과다 투여하고, 결국 톰은 모르핀에 중독되고 만다. 마침내 퇴역했지만 대공황기를 맞은 톰은 여기저기를 떠돌며 직장을 구하기 위해 애쓴다. 고전기 갱스터영화의 원형인 "공공의 적"(1931)으로도 유명한 웰먼이 대공황기를 배경으로 잘못된 영웅숭배, 자본주의, 공산주의, 노사관계, 약물중독 등 묵직한 주제를 두루 풀어냈다.

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.

Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.

Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. When her underling Dutton proposes killing the DA, she kills the underling and must face execution.

A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.

A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.

When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.

To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown in Malibu Beach.

금주령 시대, 탐 파워스는 술집, 당구장 등을 어슬렁대며 퍼티 노우즈 같은 불량한 친구들과 어울린다. 곧 탐과 맷은 무자비하지만 품격있는 밀주업자인 패디 라이언에 의해 고용되고 거침없는 성공에 힘입어 그들은 업계의 정상에 이르는데... 개봉 당시 선례 없는 섹스와 폭력 묘사로 악명을 떨쳤으며, 브로드웨이 댄서 출신의 마이너 배우에 불과했던 제임스 캐그니를 스타덤에 올려놨다. 윌리엄 웰먼은 이 영화의 성공을 모두 제임스 캐그니 덕분이라고 했는데, 그것은 그가 누구도 흉내 낼 수 없는 '순진한 소년의 모습을 간직한 갱스터'를 연기해냈기 때문이다.

The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.

A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).

Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures the Grey Eagle, Baden, and takes him to American Intelligence in Paris. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by Baden. Later, in an exciting air conflict, Baden is wounded but shoots down Robert's plane. The German rescues him, however, and takes him to an Allied hospital, assuring him of Mary's love; his faith in her is restored when he learns that she is actually a spy for U. S. Intelligence.

Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...

In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray (Chester Morris) is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans (Evelyn Brent), the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.

Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga Baclanova (Freaks) on the eve of the big fight.

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

A dead criminal's daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father.

A dead criminal's daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father.

Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legion. Christine is later revealed to be the spy whom Price has been ordered to drop behind enemy lines. They are reconciled, are captured by the Germans, and are rescued by his unit.

Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legion. Christine is later revealed to be the spy whom Price has been ordered to drop behind enemy lines. They are reconciled, are captured by the Germans, and are rescued by his unit.

같은 동네에 사는 잭과 데이빗은 동시에 실비아를 사랑하고 있는 사랑의 라이벌이다. 1차 대전이 발발하자 두 남자는 같이 공군에 입대하지만, 이곳에서도 계속 경쟁을 이어나간다. 오랜 기간 필름이 분실되었다가 1992년에야 기적적으로 다시 관객과 만날 수 있었다.

같은 동네에 사는 잭과 데이빗은 동시에 실비아를 사랑하고 있는 사랑의 라이벌이다. 1차 대전이 발발하자 두 남자는 같이 공군에 입대하지만, 이곳에서도 계속 경쟁을 이어나간다. 오랜 기간 필름이 분실되었다가 1992년에야 기적적으로 다시 관객과 만날 수 있었다.

On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling girder by Eugene Foster, a wealthy broker who persists in his efforts to win the girl. Foster engages the troupe to perform at his home, and Vera, stunned by a fall, awakens to find Foster pleading his love, while Norodin, her partner who loves her, sees them embrace. Norodin, who performs an underwater stunt, asks Vera not to be present for his act and causes her to believe him dead; heartbroken, Vera tells Foster of her mistake; and enraged, he attempts to seize her. The magician appears, pins Foster to the wall with knives, and advises him to leave before the last blade is thrown.

To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made.

After a 2-year absence, Buck Saxon returns home to find his girl, Norma, married to the town's wealthiest citizen, Ezra Bagley, yet professing to love Buck. Unjustly accused of attempting to murder Bagley, he escapes and joins a circus, where he falls in love with Bird, a tightrope walker.

Searching for his wayward brother, saddle tramp Donnegan (Buck Jones) gets in trouble with a bully and is thrown off a freight train

Jack Mills comes to the aid of a friend, Bud Loupel (William Scott), who has robbed a bank to keep up his house payments.

McGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn't want to see her son sacrifice his life the way his father did. When she dies, McGee adopts little Elizabeth Stevens, who takes care of him instead of vice versa. Along the way he meets Agnes Evans, a chorus girl, and falls in love.

Dan O'Hara, known as "Big Dan," returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him, turns his home into a boys' camp and begins to train boxers. He meets Dora Allen, rescues her from an unwanted suitor, and gives her shelter in the camp. For a time, their relationship, which has become serious, is complicated by the intrusion of another suitor and by a woman who informs Dora that O'Hara is already married. The wife dies, however, and O'Hara wins Dora.

Andy Hanks is an itinerant fix-it man who comes to town with his horse and dog as his only pals. He falls in love with Angela Trent, a young woman with an air of mystery about her.

Bill is a gambler, whose friend Scipio goes in search of his wife Jessie. Jessie, fed up with her life of poverty, has run off with the wealthy and villainous James. She has left behind her two children on James' promise that she can send for them later. Scipio leaves the tots with Bill when he goes on his search..

In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them into exile with their lands forfeit to the Crown Evangeline follows the exiled men in hopes of finding her beloved, but even after he and the other Acadians are released in Louisiana, she cannot find him, always arriving at some locale just after he has departed. But she dedicates her life to searching the continent for the man she loves.

A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and other rambunctious antics. He decides to reform his selfish ways and boards a train heading heading for the Southwest.