Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.
Various Roles (archive footage)
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Self (archive footage)
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."
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.
Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the incredible life of Barbara Stanwick, part of "The Hollywood Collection" series.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
(archive footage)
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
Self (archive footage)
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
Self
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
Her story is well-known - the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars. And yet, in spite of the breakdowns, the failed marriages, the sordid rumors surrounding her life -- and her death.
Archive Footage
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Juliet Forrest está convencida de que a morte de seu pai em um acidente de carro nas montanhas não foi um acidente. Seu pai era um proeminente cientista trabalhando em uma receita secreta de queijo. Para provar que foi assassinado, ela contrata os serviços de detetive Rigby Reardon. Ele encontra um pedaço de papel com uma lista de pessoas que são "Os Amigos e Inimigos da Carlotta". Procurando por respostas, Rigby se encontra com diversos personagens do submundo: homens e mulheres perigosos que foram as principais personagens dos clássicos filmes de detetive dos anos 40 e 50. Filmado em preto e branco para permitir o uso de cenas de filmes antigos entremeadas com as do novo. É através deste recurso que o assistente de Rigby não é outro senão o próprio Philip Marlowe.
Maggie Morgan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare footage of Elvis and dramatically recreated scenes from Elvis' life.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Geraldine Parkington
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
Miriam Jennings
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Ruth Bennett
A tale of witchcraft, black magic and a haunted house in the Amish country.
(archive footage)
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Irene Trent
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
Maggie Morgan
Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) dirige sua motocicleta e se apresenta em pequenos clubes, pois espera se tornar um cantor famoso. Porém, enquanto sua moto é reparada ele decide trabalhar no parque de diversões de Maggie Morgan (Barbara Stanwyck). Quando canta lá obtém sucesso, sendo que isto pode ser a salvação de Morgan, que tem uma dívida com o banco que pode fechar o parque. Entretanto, logo a moto estará pronta e Charlie vai deixá-los, a menos que a jovem Cathy Lean (Joan Freeman) o convença a ficar.
Abby Rayner
Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.
Jo Courtney
At the Doll House, a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.
Jessica Drummond
Jessica Drummond é uma poderosa rainha do gado que se orgulha de possuir 40 armas à sua disposição e, por isso, mantém uma pequena cidade do Velho Oeste sob um reinado de horror. Seu irmão, um jovem encrenqueiro, está sempre arranjando confusão.
Cora Sutliff
When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.
Kathy Ferguson
Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
Ann Dempster
A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.
Kit Banion
A Pinkerton detective goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of thieves whose boss is a feisty lady saloonkeeper. Complications ensue.
Norma Miller Vale
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Gwen Moore
A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.
Martha Wilkison
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
Sierra Nevada Jones
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
Julia O. Tredway
Avery Bullard (Raoul Freeman), o presidente da Tredway Corporation, uma conhecida fábrica de móveis, morre repentinamente. Como ele não deixou claro quem seria o seu sucessor, o conselho executivo, formado por 7 pessoas, precisa se reunir rapidamente para encontrar um sucessor, pois como Avery faleceu na tarde de sexta-feira é importante que na segunda o mercado encontre a Tredway com novo presidente, para não desvalorizar as ações da empresa. O provável sucessor é Loren Phineas Shaw (Fredric Marsh), um frio homem de negócios que só pensa no lucro dos acionistas, sem se preocupar com a qualidade. Para impedi-lo de chegar à presidênciaé preciso encontrar logo alguém com idéias bem inovadoras, mas esta pessoa tem de ser uma das outras seis do conselho executivo, que se mostra dividido sobre qual o melhor caminho. Enquanto isso Shaw só precisa do seu voto e de mais três para se eleger.
Cheryl Draper
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Rela
A savage story of hate turned love and frenzy turned loose!
Marina Conway
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.
Naomi Murdoch
In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.
Julia Sturges
1912. Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck), uma socialite, embarca no Titanic acompanhada pelos filhos, Annette (Audrey Dalton) e Norman (Harper Carter), e deixa para trás o marido, Richard Ward Sturges (Clifton Webb). Julia está cansada do estilo sofisticado do seu esposo e planeja viver nos Estados Unidos com os filhos. Richard arruma um jeito de embarcar no último minuto e descobre que Julia quer se divorciar dele. Eles acabam discutindo e coisas duras são ditas, mas quando o Titanic bate num iceberg e começa a afundar todos os problemas deles se tornam bem pequenos.
Helen Stilwin
A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.
Mae Doyle D'Amato
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Lorna Bounty
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
Regina Forbes
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah in the sport thanks to her articles. When she finds him earning money as a barnstorming daredevil driver hoping for a comeback, they begin to become mutually attracted.
Vance Jeffords
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.
Helen Ferguson / Patrice Harkness
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Jessie Bourne
O casal Jessie (Barbara Stanwyck) e Brandon (James Mason) vive confortavelmente em um dos bairros mais luxuosos de Manhattan. No entanto, a vida amorosa não vai bem. Tudo piora com a volta de Isabel Lorrison (Ava Gardner), que já fora amante de Brandon no passado.
Thelma Jordon
Cleve Marshall is an assistant district attorney who falls for the shadowy Thelma Jordon. With her sordid past -- and her relationship with thief Tony Laredo kept secret from the married attorney, Jordon seduces the easily swayed Marshall, and uses him to cover up her misdeeds. When Jordon becomes the prime suspect for the murder of her wealthy aunt, she turns to Marshall, who goes to great lengths to clear her name.
Joan Phillips Boothe
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Leona Cotterell Stevenson
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
Barbara Stanwyck
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Sandra Marshall
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
Karen Duncan
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
Sally Morton Carroll
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.
Lily Bishop
Uma caravana dirige-se para o Oeste, guiada pelo ex-tenente Jonathan Trumbo e seu amigo irlandês Michael Fabian. No caminho, junta-se a eles a aventureira Lily Bishop, com quem Jonathan se envolve. Todavia, quando chega a notícia de que foi descoberto ouro na Califórnia, Lily e a maioria dos colonos partem, atrás de fortuna fácil. Mais tarde, Jonathan a reencontra em Pharaoh City, cidade dominada pelo ex-traficante de escravos Pharaoh Coffin, que arranca até a última gota de sangue dos mineiros. Pharaoh também deseja tornar o território uma nação independente, para fortalecer sua posição. Entretanto, seus planos são frustrados por Jonathan, Michael e Lily, agora a rica proprietária do saloon The Golden Lily.
Martha Ivers
Um homem se reencontra com sua amiga de infância e seu marido, que acreditam conhecer a verdade sobre a morte de sua rica tia anos antes. Em 1928, a jovem herdeira Martha Ivers, envolvida em eventos fatais, não fugiu com seu amigo Sam Masterson. Anos mais tarde, Sam retorna para reencontrar Martha, o verdadeiro poder por trás da cidade de Iverstown, e ela se casou com o 'bom menino' Walter O'Neil, agora procurador do distrito. No início, Sam está mais interessado na deslocada loira Toni Marachek do que em seus amigos de infância, mas eles o atraem para uma teia complicada de tramas e objetivos cruzados.
Sally Apley Warren
Rich and beautiful Southern heiress Sally Warren loves horse-racing and running her horse-farm although her husband of seven years hates the four-legged mammals. Spouse Jeff Warren is a successful author, Civil War scholar, and popular lecturer on the ladies club circuit. After Jeff buys aging twelve-year old nag Albert in the mistaken belief that he's a colt and Sally purchases a desk for her husband in the naive belief that it once belonged to Jefferson Davis, it's obvious that they have few interests in common. The squabbling is complicated by Jeff's jealousy of Sally's relationship with Lance Gale, her childhood friend, neighbor, and fellow horse breeder.
Jessica Drummond
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
Barbara Stanwyck
A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
Elizabeth Lane
Uma colunista de comida que mentiu sobre ser uma "dona de casa perfeita" precisa esconder sua real condição quando seu chefe e um recém chegado herói de guerra se convidam para sua casa para uma Ceia de Natal tradicional em família.
Self
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Phyllis Dietrichson
Uma fria e ambiciosa mulher, encoraja o seu extremamente rico marido a assinar uma apólice de seguros proposta por Walter Neff, um agente de seguros seduzido por ela. Mas enquanto os amantes planeiam o assassinato do marido, eles são vigiados de perto por uma indesejada figura. É uma corrida contra o tempo para executar o crime perfeito.
Self
The Warner Bros. annual blooper reel for 1944.
Joan Stanley (segment 3)
Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.
Dixie Daisy
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.
Fiona Gaylord
The eldest (Barbara Stanwyck) of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer (George Brent) she once married.
Hannah Sempler Hoyt
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.
Self
This is a collection of bloopers and film manipulation by The Warner Studio Club for an annual dinner for the staff at Warner Brothers.
Sugarpuss O’Shea
Oito professores estão voltados exclusivamente para a elaboração de um enciclopédia. Nenhum deles é casado, pois acredita-se que ter uma família pode ser prejudicial para o andamento dos trabalhos. Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), o mais novo dos professores, tem como função preparar a parte de literatura inglesa e quer incluir no seu trabalho as mais variadas formas de gíria. Assim anda entre a população fazendo anotações e encontra em Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck), uma sexy cantora de boate, uma fonte inesgotável de termos popularescos. Inicialmente ela não colabora, mas ela namora um gângster, Joe Lilac (Dana Andrews), que foi solto por falta de provas. A Promotoria pretende detê-la para interrogatório até conseguir provas contra Joe, então O'Shea tem a idéia de se hospedar na casa onde os professores estão reunidos, usando o pretexto de que vai colaborar na enciclopédia, pois a polícia não a procurará em uma casa habitada por intelectuais.
Helen Hunt
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
Ann Mitchell
Como tacada de despedida, a recém demitida repórter Ann Mitchell faz matéria com uma carta falsa do desempregado "John Doe" ou Zé Ninguém, que ameaça o suicídio em protesto pelos males sociais. O jornal é forçado a recontratar Ann e a contratar John Willoughby para se fazer passar pelo Zé Ninguém "Doe". Ann e seus chefes cinicamente usam e abusam dessa história, extraem tudo que é possível, até que a filosofia do inventado "Zé Ninguém" faz surgir um movimento político inteiro.
Jean Harrington
Depois de um ano estudando ofídios amazônicos, o rico - porém rústico - Charles Pike conhece em um navio Jean Harrington, uma golpista. Eles se apaixonam, mas um engano os separa. Para reconquistá-lo, Jean se disfarça como uma senhora inglesa e volta para atormentá-lo.
Lee Leander
Antes do Natal, Lee Lander é presa por tentar roubar um bracelete de uma vitrine de uma joalheria. No tribunal, é decidido que ela aguardará julgamento após as festas de fim de ano. O promotor penalizado pela situação resolve levá-la sob custódia para passar as festas de fim de ano com sua família. Após algumas peripécias ela se encanta com o pequeno mundo cheio de bons sentimentos da família dele. Ele por sua vez cai amoroso pela bela delinquente e passa a viver um sério dilema.
Lorna Moon
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Mollie Monahan
Sinopse: Cecil B. DeMille nos leva de volta ao ano 1860, então reconstrói a primeira ferrovia intercontinental, a Union Pacific. Um dos últimos feitos do Presidente Lincoln foi autorizar a expansão da Union Pacific para o oeste dos EUA. Um espetáculo real e histórico, que as vezes mescla as aventuras fictícias do inspetor ferroviário (McCrea), a bilheteira (Stanwyck), e o melhor amigo de McCrea, Preston. Infelizmente, Preston une-se a Donlevy, que está empenhado a destruir a ferrovia, em nome de um cartel de políticos corruptos. Durante um ataque indígena, McCrea e Preston lutam lado a lado para salvar Stanwyck, então o inspetor tenta convencer Preston, a tornar-se um homem honesto.
Melsa Manton
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Margot Weston
Uma mulher deve decidir entre dois homens - um que ela ama, o outro que ela admira e respeita.
Valentine Ransome
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her way is Jonathan's fiancée, actress Carol Wallace.
Stella Dallas
Stella e Stephen Dallas são casados e têm uma filha, Laurel. O casal se separa quando Stephen se cansa do comportamento vulgar de Stella. Em pouco tempo, Stephen se casa com a viúva Helen, abalando Stella profundamente. Isso faz com que Laurel passe a ser a única razão pela qual Stella viva.
Lil Duryea
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Janet Haley
Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and enlists Hanlon to help her; the gangster's solution, not surprisingly, is violent.
Nora Clitheroe
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter rebellion.
Pearl Elliott Holley
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
Rita Wilson Claybourne
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no good and forces Cliff to fulfill his agreement to do research in Africa in exchange for paying gambling debt. Rita, Cliff and brother are furious with each other, but Rita and Cliff are still in love.
Carolyn Martin
Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on Michael’s $35-per-week job.
Raphaelita Maderos
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
Self
Collection of Warner's stars blundering through missed takes.
Annie Oakley
Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston Foster) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Drue Van Allen
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.
Shelby Barret Wyatt
A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.
Ruth Vincent
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
Marian Ormsby Forrester
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
Jennifer Lady Lee
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
Mary Archer Wilbrandt
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
Lily Powers
Amoral alpinista social utiliza o sexo como arma, usando seu charme para chegar, de cama em cama, a uma posição social que ela considera à sua altura.
Nan Taylor / Nan Ellis / Mrs. Andrews
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Megan Davis
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Joan Gordon Gilson
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.
Herself
A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.
Selina Peake De Jong
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Kitty Lane
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Lulu
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby, but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Grover, but also wants to marry Lulu
Florence Fallon
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Lora Hart
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.
Herself
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.
Herself
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.
Mrs. Frank Fay
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Barbara O'Neill
A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
Anne Vincent
Ann, uma jovem mulher com idéias ultrajantemente avançadas, tem vivido em pecado com Dick, seu amante, por causa de sua convicção de que o casamento destruiria seu amor; mas a pressão social acaba compensando, então Ann e Dick se casam.
Kay Arnold
Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.
Mexicali Rose
The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.
Ann Carter
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.
Showgirl (uncredited)
Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered lost.)
