Aline MacMahon

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.

A penniless heiress, a disillusioned nun, the suicidal playwright they both love, a hapless art forger and the playwright's wife converge on the empty Long Island home of an aging matriarch and squabble among themselves about their relative success or failure.

In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the hope of renewed life.

쥬디 갈란드의 멜로 뮤지컬, 어떤 영화에 출연하더라도 자기의 색깔을 잃지 않는 비련의 주인공 쥬디 갈란드가 그로부터 약 30년 후 자신의 아이를 찾 아 영국으로 건너온 엄마 역할을 맡고 있다. 쥬디 갈란드가 연기하는 제니 버먼은 성공한 여가수로 세계 순회공연 중 영국 런던에 들르게 된다. 그러나 그곳에는 자신의 옛 연인인 데이비드가 살고 있다. 더욱이 데이비드는 제니가 가수로서의 성공을 위해 포기해야만 했던 자신들의 아이를 키우며 살아가고 있다. 이제 제니의 소망은 십대로 자라난 아이를 한번 만나보는 것뿐이다. 그러나 아이를 만나자 제니의 욕심은 커지고 아이를 다시 되찾으려 하나 끝내는 아이도 찾지 못하고 자신의 노래 인생에 대한 회의만 커져 간다. 이때 다시 손을 내미는데 이 빛. 둘 사이에는 어느덧 새로운 사랑의 희망이 보이기 시작한다. 이혼 후 실제로 법정투쟁을 통해 아이를 찾아야만 했던 쥬디 갈란드의 인생에서 힌트를 얻기라도 한듯한 이 영화는 가수로서 엄마로서 그러나 무엇보다도 여자로서 자신의 것을 찾기 위해 평생을 싸워온 여자의 분노, 실망, 우울 그리고 넘치는 에너지가 느껴지는 영화이다. 노래를 위해 살아왔지만 이제는 노래마저 시들해지고 다시 찾으려는 아들에게서도 버림받은 여자의 한탄과 비애가 무대를 통해 때로는 과장되고 때로는 센티멘털하게 표현된다. 영화에서 쥬디 갈란드가 직접 부르는 노래들은 이런 정서를 전달하는 도구로서, 쥬디 갈란드만이 표현할 수 있는 고전 할리우드 시대의 로맨스, 화려함, 과장됨, 흘러넘치는 감정들로 가득하다.

Rich Hawaiian pineapple grower and US Senatorial candidate Richard Howland tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstrong sister, Slone.

An aging doctor's resentment of his young assistant could lead to tragedy.

The epic story of a family that's involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1889.

A betrayed queen takes a terrible revenge.

윌은 기갑부대의 장교인 동생의 사망소식을 듣고 작은 마을에 오게 된다. 동생은 무기판매업자의 무리들에게 두들겨 맞아서 죽음을 당했다. 그래서 누군지 알지는 못하지만 아파치족에게 라이플총을 파는 남자를 찾기로 마음을 먹고 마을로 오게 되는데.

Film biography of entertainer Eddie Cantor, with Keefe Brasselle starring as the popular stage, radio and movie comic.

12세기 이탈리아 북부의 롬바르디아는 독일에서 온 울리히 백작의 지배를 받고 있다. 아들 루디를 홀로 키우는 궁수 다르도는 용맹하고 정의로워 마을 사람들의 지지를 받고 있다. 어느 날, 광장에서 다르도는 울리히 백작과 그 곁에 있는 프란체스카를 보게 되는데, 그녀는 백작이 빼앗아 간 다르도의 아내이다. 다르도와 백작 사이에 신경전이 벌어지고, 수려한 활 솜씨를 가진 다르도가 백작이 아끼는 매를 쏘아 떨어트린다. 그러나 달아나던 도중 루디가 그만 백작의 손에 잡히고 만다. 〈미드나잇 카우보이〉(1969, 존 슐레진저) 등을 쓴 각본가 왈도 솔트가 각본을 맡은 액션 모험극. 중세를 배경으로 로빈 후드와 같은 주인공이 등장한다. ((재)영화의전당)

It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance rekindles a long-standing feud between their respective families.

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.

A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan recently arrived in the United States. Director John Waters' 1946 period comedy, set in New York's Bowery, stars Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Aline MacMahon, Edward Arnold, Cameron Mitchell, Dorothy Patrick, Aubrey Mather, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Parsons, Morris Ankrum and Oliver Blake.

Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother, Douglas, who is happily married to Ann. Evelyn then sets forth to break up the happy marriage and win the love of Douglas.

The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.

Short film about nurse service in wartime.

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

Archive footage from Potemkin (1925), with English dialogue dubbed in by American actors, is combined with new footage to tie together the brave stand of Odessa Russian guerrilla bands of the 1940's against German forces with the similar situation of 1905 when Odessa citizens aided in the revolt against the Czar as depicted in Eisenstein's classic Potemkin (1925).

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance

In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".

When You're in Love is a 1937 musical film starring Grace Moore, Cary Grant, and Thomas Mitchell. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene. She also sings the wonderful Ernesto Lecuono classic "Siboney" (though her Spanish is not perfection) drooled over by Cary Grant

At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from his wise father. A tender, coming-of-age story, with a wonderful look at a long-gone, but fondly remembered, small town America.

Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property developer and realtor. He is lovingly married to his wife Myra, the two who have two children, Ted and Verona who are approaching adulthood. George has always had a fearless attitude, much like that of a naive child, which has led to his business success. He encounters some personal stresses when he faces what he believes is a potential home-wrecking issue, and when his oldest friend Paul and his wife Zilla deal with domestic problems. These stresses make George want to provide even more to his own family, leading to George agreeing to participate in a less than scrupulous but lucrative business dealing. George's bravura gets him into a potential scandal. This situation makes him question his general behavior, especially toward his family.

After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.

A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.

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.

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.

생계를 이어가기 위해 필요한 일이라면 돈 많은 얼간이들에게서 황금을 캐내는 일이라도 다 해야 하는 브로드웨이 쇼걸들의 분투를 외설적이고 거친 대사로 표현해 낸 작품.

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.

In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.

A poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side neighborhood after he sells his new invention.

A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.

An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.